Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa;
Persoonia. 2010 Dec;25:61-71. doi: 10.3767/003158510X550368. Epub 2010 Dec 8.
Baobabs (Adansonia spp.) are iconic trees, known for their immense size, strange forms, sources of food and as the subjects of myths and mysteries. It is thus surprising that little is known regarding the fungi that infect these trees. During a survey to determine which wound infecting fungi occur on baobabs, synnematous structures were observed and Graphium-like isolates were obtained. Culture characteristics and micro-morphology, together with DNA sequence comparisons for the SSU rRNA, rRNA-ITS and TEF-1α gene regions were used to characterise these fungi. These data revealed three novel Graphium spp. and these are described as G. adansoniae, G. madagascariense and G. fabiforme.
猴面包树（Adansonia spp.）是标志性的树种，以其巨大的体型、奇特的形态、食物来源以及作为神话和神秘主题而闻名。令人惊讶的是，人们对感染这些树木的真菌知之甚少。在一项旨在确定感染猴面包树的伤口感染真菌的调查中，观察到了synnematous 结构，并获得了 Graphium 样分离物。利用培养特征和微观形态，以及 SSU rRNA、rRNA-ITS 和 TEF-1α 基因区域的 DNA 序列比较，对这些真菌进行了表征。这些数据揭示了三种新型的 Graphium 种，它们被描述为 G. adansoniae、G. madagascariense 和 G. fabiforme。
