TY  - JOUR
A1  - Buaya, Anthony Tumenez
A1  - Ploch, Sebastian
A1  - Inaba, Shigeki
A1  - Thines, Marco
T1  - Holocarpic oomycete parasitoids of red algae are not Olpidiopsis
T2  - Fungal systematics and evolution
N2  - Olpidiopsis is a genus of obligate holocarpic endobiotic oomycetes. Most of the species classified in the genus are known only from their morphology and life cycle, and a few have been examined for their ultrastructure or molecular phylogeny. However, the taxonomic placement of all sequenced species is provisional, as no sequence data are available for the type species, O. saprolegniae, to consolidate the taxonomy of species currently placed in the genus. Thus, efforts were undertaken to isolate O. saprolegniae from its type host, Saprolegnia parasitica and to infer its phylogenetic placement based on 18S rDNA sequences. As most species of Olpidiopsis for which sequence data are available are from rhodophyte hosts, we have also isolated the type species of the rhodophyte-parasitic genus Pontisma, P. lagenidioides and obtained partial 18S rDNA sequences. Phylogenetic reconstructions in the current study revealed that O. saprolegniae from Saprolegnia parasitica forms a monophyletic group with a morphologically similar isolate from S. ferax, and a morphologically and phylogenetically more divergent species from S. terrestris. However, they were widely separated from a monophyletic, yet unsupported clade containing P. lagenidioides and red algal parasites previously classified in Olpidiopsis. Consequently, all holocarpic parasites in red algae should be considered to be members of the genus Pontisma as previously suggested by some researchers. In addition, a new species of Olpidiopsis, O. parthenogenetica is introduced to accommodate the pathogen of S. terrestris.
KW  - basal oomycetes
KW  - new combinations
KW  - Olpidiopsis
KW  - phylogeny
KW  - Pontisma
KW  - red algae
KW  - Saprolegnia
KW  - type species
KW  - 10 new taxa
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55221
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-552219
SN  - 2589-3831
N1  - Fungal Systematics and Evolution is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SP  - 21
EP  - 31
PB  - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
CY  - Utrecht
ER  -