Backusella – Wikipedia
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Genus of fungi
Backusella is the sole genus of zygote fungi in the family Backusellaceae, which is classified in the order Mucorales.[1] Members of this genus have been often isolated from plant litter, from locations around the world.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
C. W. Hesseltine and J. J. Ellis recognised the uniqueness of a new species, B. circina, warranted its classification in a new genus; in 1969 they established Backusella, named in honour of Professor M. P. Backus. Since then, several species previously placed in the archetypal mucoralean genus Mucor were reassessed, found to be close relatives of B. circina, and combined into Backusella as additional Backusella species, while other species were discovered and classified outright as Backusella.[1] K. Voigt & P.M. Kirk established the family Backusellaceae to include Backusella in 2012, as they likewise recognised the uniqueness of the genus and the need to classify it within a distinct family.
Accepted species[edit]
The genus consists of the following 27 accepted species:[3][2][4][5][6][7]
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- Synonym: Mucor pseudolamprosporus H. Nagan. & Hirahara
- Synonym: B. johorensis L.S. Loh et al.
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- Basionym: M. dispersus Hagem
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- Basionym: M. recurvus var. indicus [as ‘indica’ ] Baijal & B.S. Mehrotra
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- Basionym: M. lamprosporus Lendn.
- Synonym: B. circina var. lamprospora (Lendn.) R.Y. Zheng
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- Basionym: M. oblongiellipticus H. Nagan. et al. ex Pidopl. & Milko
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- Basionym: M. oblongisporus Naumov
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- Basionym: M. recurvus E.E. Butler
- Synonym: M. recurvus var. aspinosus L.S. Loh
- Synonym: M. aromaticus Povah
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- Basionym: M. tuberculisporus Schipper 1978
- Synonym: M. heterosporus sensu Baijal & Mehrotra; fide Schipper
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- Basionym: M. variabilis A.K. Sarbhoy
- Synonym: M. grandis Schipper & Samson
- Synonym: B. grandis (Schipper & Samson) G. Walther & de Hoog
Former species[edit]
The following species was at one point considered by some authorities to be in the genus Backusella, although this is no longer so:[3]
- Mucor ctenidius (Durrell & M. Fleming) Pidopl. & Milko ex Benny & R.K. Benj.
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- Basionym: Thamnidium ctenidium Durrell & M. Fleming
- Synonym: B. ctenidia (Durrell & M. Fleming) Pidopl. & Milko ex Benny & R.K. Benj.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b “Backusella”. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b Urquhart, A.S.; Douch, J.K.; Heafield, T.A.; Buddie, A.G.; Idnurm, A. (2020). “Diversity of Backusella (Mucoromycotina) in south-eastern Australia revealed through polyphasic taxonomy”. Persoonia – Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. doi:10.3767/persoonia.2021.46.01. ISSN 0031-5850.
- ^ a b “Backusella species”. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ D.X. Lima; K. Voigt; C.A.F. De Souza; R.J.V. De Oliveira; C.M. Souza-Motta; A.L.C.M. De A. Santiago (2016). “Description of Backusella constricta sp. nov. (Mucorales, ex Zygomycota) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, including a key to species of Backusella“. Phytotaxa. 289: 59–68. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.289.1.4.
- ^ J.I. de Souza; A.V. Marano; C.L.A. Pires-Zottarelli; F.S. Chambergo; R. Harakava (2014). “A new species of Backusella (Mucorales) from a Cerrado reserve in Southeast Brazil”. Mycological Progress. 13 (4): 975–980. doi:10.1007/s11557-014-0981-3. S2CID 18374496.
- ^ D.N. Wanasinghe; et al. (2018). “Fungal diversity notes 709–839: taxonomic and phylogenetic contribution to fungal taxa with an emphasis on fungi on Rosaceae“. Fungal Diversity. 89: 1–236. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0395-7. S2CID 3847846.
- ^ Nguyen, Thuong T. T.; Voigt, Kerstin; Santiago, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo; Kirk, Paul M.; Lee, Hyang-Burm (2021). “Discovery of Novel Backusella (Backusellaceae, Mucorales) Isolated from Invertebrates and Toads in Cheongyang, Korea”. Journal of Fungi. 7 (7): 513. doi:10.3390/jof7070513. PMC 8303511. PMID 34199055.
Further reading[edit]
- Alves, Ana Lúcia Sabino de Melo; Freitas, Leslie Warren Silva de; Gurgel, Luciana Melo Sartori; Leitão, Joana D’Arc Alves; Cordeiro, Thalline Rafhaella Leite; Santiago, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo; Alves, Ana Lúcia Sabino de Melo; Freitas, Leslie Warren Silva de; Gurgel, Luciana Melo Sartori; Leitão, Joana D’Arc Alves; Cordeiro, Thalline Rafhaella Leite (2021). “First occurrence of Backusella gigacellularis (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) in a fragment of an Upland Forest within the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil”. Rodriguésia. 72. doi:10.1590/2175-7860202172005. ISSN 2175-7860.
- G. Walther; J. Powłowska; A. Alastruey-Izquierdo; M. Wrzosek (2013). “DNA barcoding in Mucorales: an inventory of biodiversity”. Persoonia. 30: 11–47. doi:10.3767/003158513X665070. PMC 3734965. PMID 24027345.
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