Five new species of Penicillium and Talaromyces for mycobiota of Iran

During study on biodiversity of Penicillium and Talaromyces species occurring on grape berries and raisin in vineyards of East- & West Azarbaijan and Gazvin provinces of Iran, five species of Penicillium and Talaromyces, namely, Penicillium crocicola, P. olsonii, P. sumatrense, Talaromyces atroroseus and T. minioluteus were characterized based on combination of morphological data and β-tubulin gene sequence. A phylogeny inferred based on sequence data of β-tubulin gene clustered our isolates together with representative type strains for each species from GenBank. All five species are new for the mycobiota of Iran. This work presents the first study on biodiversity of Penicillium and Talaromyces species on grape and raisin in this region of Iran.

Keywords:

Beta-tubulin gene , Biodiversity , bunch rot , post-harvest diseases , Taxonomy