Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China

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	Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China
	Tang,Dexiang; Huang,Ou; Zou,Weiqiu; Wang,Yuanbing; Wang,Yao; Dong,Quanying; Sun,Tao; Yang,Gang; Yu,Hong
	2023
发表期刊	IMA FUNGUS
ISSN	2210-6359
卷号	14 期号:1 页码:9
摘要	Some Ophiocordyceps species infecting ants are able to manipulate the host behavior. The hosts are manipulated in order to move to location that are advantageous for fungal spore transmission. Ophiocordyceps species that are able to manipulate the ant's behavior are called zombie-ant fungi. They are widespread within tropical forests worldwide, with relatively few reports from subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaf forest. Zombie-ant fungi have been described and reported in different countries worldwide. However, there were a few reports from China. This study proposed six new species of zombie-ant fungi from China based on multi-gene (SSU, LSU, TEF, RPB1 and RPB2) phylogenetic analyses and morphological characteristics. Six novel species of Ophiocordyceps from China were identified as the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis core clade, forming a separate lineage with other species. Six novel species of Ophiocordyceps with hirsutella-like asexual morphs exclusively infecting ants were presented herein, namely, Ophiocordyceps acroasca, Ophiocordyceps bifertilis, Ophiocordyceps subtiliphialida, Ophiocordyceps basiasca, Ophiocordyceps nuozhaduensis and Ophiocordyceps contiispora. Descriptions and illustrations for six taxon were provided. Five of these species were collected from the subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaf forest, and one was collected from the rainforest and subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaf forest. This work proposes that the same host of Camponotus can be infected by multiple ant pathogenic fungi, while multiple ants of Polyrhachis can be infected by the same pathogenic fungi at the same time. This study contributes towards a better understanding of the evolutionary relationship between hosts and fungi, and provides novel insights into the morphology, distribution, parasitism, and ecology of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis sensu lato. We have provided a method for obtaining living cultures of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis complex species and their asexual morphs based on the living cultures, which is of significant value for further studies of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis complex species in the future.
关键词	6 new taxa Camponotus Living cultures Morphology Multi-gene phylogeny Ophiocordyceps Polyrhachis Taxonomy TROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS OPHIOCORDYCEPS-UNILATERALIS HOST MANIPULATION ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI SP.-NOV. CORDYCEPS OPHIOCORDYCIPITACEAE FORMICIDAE DIVERSITY PARASITES
学科领域	Mycology
DOI	10.1186/s43008-023-00114-9
WOS记录号	WOS:000986188100002
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/74959
专题	中国科学院昆明植物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tang,Dexiang,Huang,Ou,Zou,Weiqiu,et al. Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China[J]. IMA FUNGUS,2023,14(1):9.
APA	Tang,Dexiang.,Huang,Ou.,Zou,Weiqiu.,Wang,Yuanbing.,Wang,Yao.,...&Yu,Hong.(2023).Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China.IMA FUNGUS,14(1),9.
MLA	Tang,Dexiang,et al."Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China".IMA FUNGUS 14.1(2023):9.

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