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To investigate the taxonomic diversity of soil-inhabiting Penicillium species and characterize novel fungal taxa.

November 28, 2023Journal of FungiOpen Access

Species Diversity of Penicillium in Southwest China with Discovery of Forty-Three New Species

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XWXin‐Cun WangHebei Medical University ZZZhikang ZhangAnhui Medical University WZWen-Ying ZhuangHexi University

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Biodiversity survey uncovers 43 novel Penicillium species across soil samples, highlighting unexpectedly high fungal richness and taxonomic diversity.

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To investigate the taxonomic diversity of soil-inhabiting Penicillium species and characterize novel fungal taxa.
Sampled 33 soil environments and isolated 179 fungal cultures belonging to the genus Penicillium.
Conducted three-locus phylogenetic analyses integrated with detailed morphological comparisons to delimit taxa.
Classified the 179 isolates into 74 distinct species across 2 subgenera (Aspergilloides and Penicillium), 11 sections, and 25 series.
Discovered 43 species new to science, established a novel series (Simianshanica) within section Aspergilloides, and documented 11 species for the first time in China.

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Wang et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a91352c9cd6bcde3cfb588f https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9121150

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Biodiversity survey uncovers 43 novel Penicillium species across soil samples, highlighting unexpectedly high fungal richness and taxonomic diversity.

Species Diversity of Penicillium in Southwest China with Discovery of Forty-Three New Species

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Species Diversity of Penicillium in Southwest China with Discovery of Forty-Three New Species

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