Pestalotiopsis

Pestalotiopsis is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Pestalotiopsis species are known as plant pathogens.

Pestalotiopsis
Conidia of Pestalotiopsis microspora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Xylariomycetidae
Order:	Xylariales
Family:	Sporocadaceae
Genus:	Pestalotiopsis
Species
Pestalotiopsis adusta[1] Pestalotiopsis arachidis Pestalotiopsis asiatica[1] Pestalotiopsis chinensis[1] Pestalotiopsis chrysea[1] Pestalotiopsis clavata[1] Pestalotiopsis clavispora[1] Pestalotiopsis coffeae-arabicae[1] Pestalotiopsis disseminata Pestalotiopsis diversiseta[1] Pestalotiopsis ellipsospora[1] Pestalotiopsis foedans[1] Pestalotiopsis guepini Pestalotiopsis inflexa[1] Pestalotiopsis intermedia[1] Pestalotiopsis jesteri[1] Pestalotiopsis leprogena Pestalotiopsis linearis[1] Pestalotiopsis longiseta Pestalotiopsis mangiferae Pestalotiopsis microspora Pestalotiopsis palmarum Pestalotiopsis rhodomyrtus[1] Pestalotiopsis rosea[1] Pestalotiopsis saprophyta[1] Pestalotiopsis sydowiana Pestalotiopsis theae[1] Pestalotiopsis trachicarpicola[1] Pestalotiopsis umberspora[1] Pestalotiopsis unicolor[1] Pestalotiopsis versicolor Pestalotiopsis verruculosa[1]

Some members of the genus are able to grow on the synthetic polymer polyurethane as its sole carbon source under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions, hence show promise as a form of bioremediation for waste reduction.[2]

Some members of the genus are able to produce taxol.[3]

Taxonomy

A phylogenetic analysis in 2013 if many of the Pestalotiopsis species found the following tree:[1]

Subclade 1               P. trachicarpicola     P. rhodomytrus       P. rosea       P. adusta             P. chinensis     P. verruculosa         P. intermedia     P. linearis       P. unicolor       P. clavata         P. inflexa       P. diversiseta       P. jesteri     Subclade 2               P. chrysea     P. umberspora       P. asiatica       P. coffeae-arabicae         P. clavispora     P. ellipsospora         P. foedans       P. saprophya       P. theae

See also

• Organisms breaking down plastic

References

1. Song, Yu; Geng, Kun; Hyde, Kevin D.; Zhao, Wen-Sheng; Wei, Ji-Guang; Kang, Ji-Chuan; Wang, Yong (26 August 2013). "Two new species of Pestalotiopsis from Southern China" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 126 (1): 22–30. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.126.1.2. ISSN 1179-3163. OCLC 5148802110.
2. Russell, Jonathan R.; Huang, Jeffrey; Anand, Pria; Kucera, Kaury; Sandoval, Amanda G.; Dantzler, Kathleen W.; Hickman, Dashawn; Jee, Justin; Kimovec, Farrah M.; Koppstein, David; Marks, Daniel H.; Mittermiller, Paul A.; Núñez, Salvador Joel; Santiago, Marina; Townes, Maria A.; Vishnevetsky, Michael; Williams, Neely E.; Vargas, Mario Percy Núñez; Boulanger, Lori-Ann; Bascom-Slack, Carol; Strobel, Scott A. (2011). "Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77 (17): 6076–6084. doi:10.1128/AEM.00521-11. PMC 3165411. PMID 21764951.
3. Gangadevi V, Murugan M, Muthumary J (2008). "Taxol determination from Pestalotiopsis pauciseta, a fungal endophyte of a medicinal plant". Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 24 (8): 1433–8. doi:10.1016/s1872-2075(08)60065-5. PMID 18998547.