Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic fusarium that includes the fusarium solani species complex
Journal
Phytopathology
Journal Volume
111
Journal Issue
7
Pages
1064-1079
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Geiser D.M
Al-Hatmi A.M.S
Aoki T
Arie T
Balmas V
Barnes I
Bergstrom G.C
Bhattacharyya M.K
Blomquist C.L
Bowden R.L
Brankovics B
Brown D.W
Burgess L.W
Bushley K
Busman M
Cano-Lira J.F
Carrillo J.D
Chen C.-Y
Chen W
Chilvers M
Chulze S
Coleman J.J
Cuomo C.A
Wilhelm de Beer Z
Sybren de Hoog G
Castillo-Munera J.D
Del Ponte E.M
Dieguez-Uribeondo J
Pietro A.D
Edel-Hermann V
Elmer W.H
Epstein L
Eskalen A
Esposto M.C
Everts K.L
Fernandez-Pavıa S.P
da Silva G.F
Foroud N.A
Fourie G
Frandsen R.J.N
Freeman S
Freitag M
Frenkel O
Fuller K.K
Gagkaeva T
Gardiner D.M
Glenn A.E
Gold S.E
Gordon T.R
Gregory N.F
Gryzenhout M
Guarro J
Gugino B.K
Gutierrez S
Hammond-Kosack K.E
Harris L.J
Homa M
Hong C.-F
Hornok L
Huang J.-W
Ilkit M
Jacobs A
Jacobs K
Jiang C
del Mar Jimenez-Gasco M
Kang S
Kasson M.T
Kazan K
Kennell J.C
Kim H.-S
Corby Kistler H
Kuldau G.A
Kulik T
Kurzai O
Laraba I
Laurence M.H
Lee T
Lee Y.-W
Lee Y.-H
Leslie J.F
Liew E.C.Y
Lofton L.W
Logrieco A.F
Lopez-Berges M.S
Luque A.G
Lysøe E
Ma L.-J
Marra R.E
Martin F.N
May S.R
McCormick S.P
McGee C
Meis J.F
Migheli Q
Mohamed Nor N.M.I
Monod M
Moretti A
Mostert D
Mule G
Munaut F
Munkvold G.P
Nicholson P
Nucci M
O’Donnell K
Pasquali M
Pfenning L.H
Prigitano A
Proctor R.H
Ranque S
Rehner S.A
Rep M
Rodrıguez-Alvarado G
Rose L.J
Roth M.G
Ruiz-Roldan C
Saleh A.A
Salleh B
Sang H
Scandiani M.M
Scauflaire J
Schmale D.G
Short D.P.G
Sisic A
Smith J.A
Smyth C.W
Son H
Spahr E
Stajich J.E
Steenkamp E
Steinberg C
Subramaniam R
Suga H
Summerell B.A
Susca A
Swett C.L
Toomajian C
Torres-Cruz T.J
Tortorano A.M
Urban M
Vaillancourt L.J
Vallad G.E
van der Lee T.A.J
Vanderpool D
van Diepeningen A.D
Vaughan M.M
Venter E
Vermeulen M
Verweij P.E
Viljoen A
Waalwijk C
Wallace E.C
Walther G
Wang J
Ward T.J
Wickes B.L
Wiederhold N.P
Wingfield M.J
Wood A.K.M
Xu J.-R
Yang X.-B
Yli-Mattila T
Yun S.-H
Zakaria L
Zhang H
Zhang N
Zhang S.X
Zhang X.
Abstract
Scientific communication is facilitated by a data-driven, scientifically sound taxonomy that considers the end-user’s needs and established successful practice. In 2013, the Fusarium community voiced near unanimous support for a concept of Fusarium that represented a clade comprising all agriculturally and clinically important Fusarium species, including the F. solani species complex (FSSC). Subsequently, this concept was challenged in 2015 by one research group who proposed dividing the genus Fusarium into seven genera, including the FSSC described as members of the genus Neocosmospora, with subsequent justification in 2018 based on claims that the 2013 concept of Fusarium is polyphyletic. Here, we test this claim and provide a phylogeny based on exonic nucleotide sequences of 19 orthologous protein-coding genes that strongly support the monophyly of Fusarium including the FSSC. We reassert the practical and scientific argument in support of a genus Fusarium that includes the FSSC and several other basal lineages, consistent with the longstanding use of this name among plant pathologists, medical mycologists, quarantine officials, regulatory agencies, students, and researchers with a stake in its taxonomy. In recognition of this monophyly, 40 species described as genus Neocosmospora were recombined in genus Fusarium, and nine others were renamed Fusarium. Here the global Fusarium community voices strong support for the inclusion of the FSSC in Fusarium, as it remains the best scientific, nomenclatural, and practical taxonomic option available. © 2021 The American Phytopathological Society
Subjects
Evolution; Fungal pathogens
Other Subjects
Fusarium; genetics; phylogeny; plant; plant disease; Fusarium; Phylogeny; Plant Diseases; Plants
Type
journal article