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ArticleIMA fungus2013

Incipient loss of flagella in the genus Geolegnia: the emergence of a new clade within Leptolegnia?

Mónica M Steciow, Enrique Lara, Amandine Pillonel, Sebastián A Pelizza, Eduardo A Lestani, Gustavo C Rossi, Lassaad Belbahri

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Article in IMA fungus, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Mónica M SteciowInstituto de Botánica Spegazzini, 53 N° 477, (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Enrique LaraLaboratory of Soil Biology, Department of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, 11 Rue Emile Argand, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Amandine PillonelLaboratory of Soil Biology, Department of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, 11 Rue Emile Argand, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Sebastián A PelizzaInstituto de Botánica Spegazzini, 53 N° 477, (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ; CEPAVE-CCT -CONICET, La Plata, Argentina.
Eduardo A LestaniCentro de Investigaciones Ecológicas Subtropicales, Parque Nacional Iguazú /Asoc. Civil Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico, Pto. Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina.
Gustavo C RossiCEPAVE-CCT -CONICET, La Plata, Argentina.
Lassaad BelbahriLaboratory of Soil Biology, Department of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, 11 Rue Emile Argand, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genus Geolegnia represents a poorly documented group of saprolegnialean oomycetes isolated from soils as free-living organisms. Although it is morphologically similar to the facultative parasitic genus Leptolegnia, Geolegnia presents the uncommon property of having lost a flagellate stage in its lifecycle. Based on ITS and large subunit (LSU) rRNA sequence data, we show Geolegnia to be basal to Leptolegnia, and also introduce Geolegnia helicoides sp. nov. Using sequence data of Leptolegnia available in GenBank, supplemented by data derived from culture collections, we show that Geolegnia is nested within Leptolegnia, a genus characterised by its "conventional" biflagellate life cycle. The emergence of Geolegnia is therefore seen as a recent event, and we suggest here an evolutionary context where this loss might have been advantageous. Based on this study, Leptolegnia remains paraphyletic, awaiting the redefinition of genera in this complex.

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Fast evolutionInternal transcribed spacer (ITS)Large subunit (LSU) rRNAOomycetesPhylogenySaprolegniales

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PMCPMC3905935

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