Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic fusarium that includes the fusarium solani species complex

David M. Geiser; Abdullah M.S. Al-Hatmi; Takayuki Aoki; Tsutomu Arie; Virgilio Balmas; Irene Barnes; Gary C. Bergstrom; Madan K. Bhattacharyya; Cheryl L. Blomquist; Robert L. Bowden; Balazs Brankovics; Daren W. Brown; Lester W. Burgess; Kathryn Bushley; Mark Busman; Jose F. Cano-Lira; Joseph D. Carrillo; Hao Xun Chang; Chi Yu Chen; Wanquan Chen; Martin Chilvers; Sofia Chulze; Jeffrey J. Coleman; Christina A. Cuomo; Z. Wilhelm de Beer; G. Sybren de Hoog; Johanna Del Castillo-Munera; Emerson M. Del Ponte; Javier Dieguez-Uribeondo; Antonio Di Pietro; Veronique Edel-Hermann; Wade H. Elmer; Lynn Epstein; Akif Eskalen; Maria Carmela Esposto; Kathryne L. Everts; Sylvia P. Fernandez-Pavıa; Gilvan Ferreira da Silva; Nora A. Foroud; Gerda Fourie; Rasmus J.N. Frandsen; Stanley Freeman; Michael Freitag; Omer Frenkel; Kevin K. Fuller; Tatiana Gagkaeva; Donald M. Gardiner; Anthony E. Glenn; Scott E. Gold; Thomas R. Gordon; Nancy F. Gregory; Marieka Gryzenhout; Josep Guarro; Beth K. Gugino; Santiago Gutierrez; Kim E. Hammond-Kosack; Linda J. Harris; Monika Homa; Cheng Fang Hong; Laszlo Hornok; Jenn Wen Huang; Macit Ilkit; Adriaana Jacobs; Karin Jacobs; Cong Jiang; Marıa del Mar Jimenez-Gasco; Seogchan Kang; Matthew T. Kasson; Kemal Kazan; John C. Kennell; Hye Seon Kim; H. Corby Kistler; Gretchen A. Kuldau; Tomasz Kulik; Oliver Kurzai; Imane Laraba; Matthew H. Laurence; Theresa Lee; Yin Won Lee; Yong Hwan Lee; John F. Leslie; Edward C.Y. Liew; Lily W. Lofton; Antonio F. Logrieco; Manuel S. Lopez-Berges; Alicia G. Luque; Erik Lysøe; Li Jun Ma; Robert E. Marra; Frank N. Martin; Sara R. May; Susan P. McCormick; Chyanna McGee; Jacques F. Meis; Quirico Migheli; N. M.I. Mohamed Nor; Michel Monod; Antonio Moretti; Diane Mostert; Giuseppina Mule; Françoise Munaut; Gary P. Munkvold; Paul Nicholson; Marcio Nucci; Kerry O’Donnell; Matias Pasquali; Ludwig H. Pfenning; Anna Prigitano; Robert H. Proctor; Stephane Ranque; Stephen A. Rehner; Martijn Rep; Gerardo Rodrıguez-Alvarado; Lindy Joy Rose; Mitchell G. Roth; Carmen Ruiz-Roldan; Amgad A. Saleh; Baharuddin Salleh; Hyunkyu Sang; Marıa Mercedes Scandiani; Jonathan Scauflaire; David G. Schmale; Dylan P.G. Short; Adnan Sisic; Jason A. Smith; Christopher W. Smyth; Hokyoung Son; Ellie Spahr; Jason E. Stajich; Emma Steenkamp; Christian Steinberg; Rajagopal Subramaniam; Haruhisa Suga; Brett A. Summerell; Antonella Susca; Cassandra L. Swett; Christopher Toomajian; Terry J. Torres-Cruz; Anna M. Tortorano; Martin Urban; Lisa J. Vaillancourt; Gary E. Vallad; Theo A.J. van der Lee; Dan Vanderpool; Anne D. van Diepeningen; Martha M. Vaughan; Eduard Venter; Marcele Vermeulen; Paul E. Verweij; Altus Viljoen; Cees Waalwijk; Emma C. Wallace; Grit Walther; Jie Wang; Todd J. Ward; Brian L. Wickes; Nathan P. Wiederhold; Michael J. Wingfield; Ana K.M. Wood; Jin Rong Xu; Xiao Bing Yang; Tapani Yli-Mattila; Sung Hwan Yun; Latiffah Zakaria; Hao Zhang; Ning Zhang; Sean X. Zhang; Xue Zhang

doi:10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE

Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic fusarium that includes the fusarium solani species complex

David M. Geiser, Abdullah M.S. Al-Hatmi, Takayuki Aoki, Tsutomu Arie, Virgilio Balmas, Irene Barnes, Gary C. Bergstrom, Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Cheryl L. Blomquist, Robert L. Bowden, Balazs Brankovics, Daren W. Brown, Lester W. Burgess, Kathryn Bushley, Mark Busman, Jose F. Cano-Lira, Joseph D. Carrillo, Hao Xun Chang, Chi Yu Chen, Wanquan ChenMartin Chilvers, Sofia Chulze, Jeffrey J. Coleman, Christina A. Cuomo, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, G. Sybren de Hoog, Johanna Del Castillo-Munera, Emerson M. Del Ponte, Javier Dieguez-Uribeondo, Antonio Di Pietro, Veronique Edel-Hermann, Wade H. Elmer, Lynn Epstein, Akif Eskalen, Maria Carmela Esposto, Kathryne L. Everts, Sylvia P. Fernandez-Pavıa, Gilvan Ferreira da Silva, Nora A. Foroud, Gerda Fourie, Rasmus J.N. Frandsen, Stanley Freeman, Michael Freitag, Omer Frenkel, Kevin K. Fuller, Tatiana Gagkaeva, Donald M. Gardiner, Anthony E. Glenn, Scott E. Gold, Thomas R. Gordon, Nancy F. Gregory, Marieka Gryzenhout, Josep Guarro, Beth K. Gugino, Santiago Gutierrez, Kim E. Hammond-Kosack, Linda J. Harris, Monika Homa, Cheng Fang Hong, Laszlo Hornok, Jenn Wen Huang, Macit Ilkit, Adriaana Jacobs, Karin Jacobs, Cong Jiang, Marıa del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, Seogchan Kang, Matthew T. Kasson, Kemal Kazan, John C. Kennell, Hye Seon Kim, H. Corby Kistler, Gretchen A. Kuldau, Tomasz Kulik, Oliver Kurzai, Imane Laraba, Matthew H. Laurence, Theresa Lee, Yin Won Lee, Yong Hwan Lee, John F. Leslie, Edward C.Y. Liew, Lily W. Lofton, Antonio F. Logrieco, Manuel S. Lopez-Berges, Alicia G. Luque, Erik Lysøe, Li Jun Ma, Robert E. Marra, Frank N. Martin, Sara R. May, Susan P. McCormick, Chyanna McGee, Jacques F. Meis, Quirico Migheli, N. M.I. Mohamed Nor, Michel Monod, Antonio Moretti, Diane Mostert, Giuseppina Mule, Françoise Munaut, Gary P. Munkvold, Paul Nicholson, Marcio Nucci, Kerry O’Donnell, Matias Pasquali, Ludwig H. Pfenning, Anna Prigitano, Robert H. Proctor, Stephane Ranque, Stephen A. Rehner, Martijn Rep, Gerardo Rodrıguez-Alvarado, Lindy Joy Rose, Mitchell G. Roth, Carmen Ruiz-Roldan, Amgad A. Saleh, Baharuddin Salleh, Hyunkyu Sang, Marıa Mercedes Scandiani, Jonathan Scauflaire, David G. Schmale, Dylan P.G. Short, Adnan Sisic, Jason A. Smith, Christopher W. Smyth, Hokyoung Son, Ellie Spahr, Jason E. Stajich, Emma Steenkamp, Christian Steinberg, Rajagopal Subramaniam, Haruhisa Suga, Brett A. Summerell, Antonella Susca, Cassandra L. Swett, Christopher Toomajian, Terry J. Torres-Cruz, Anna M. Tortorano, Martin Urban, Lisa J. Vaillancourt, Gary E. Vallad, Theo A.J. van der Lee, Dan Vanderpool, Anne D. van Diepeningen, Martha M. Vaughan, Eduard Venter, Marcele Vermeulen, Paul E. Verweij, Altus Viljoen, Cees Waalwijk, Emma C. Wallace, Grit Walther, Jie Wang, Todd J. Ward, Brian L. Wickes, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Michael J. Wingfield, Ana K.M. Wood, Jin Rong Xu, Xiao Bing Yang, Tapani Yli-Mattila, Sung Hwan Yun, Latiffah Zakaria, Hao Zhang, Ning Zhang, Sean X. Zhang, Xue Zhang

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1064-1079
Number of pages	16
Journal	Phytopathology
Volume	111
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE
State	Published - Jul 2021

Keywords

Evolution
Fungal pathogens

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Agronomy and Crop Science
Plant Science

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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., Chang, H. X., Chen, C. Y., ... Zhang, X. (2021). Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic fusarium that includes the fusarium solani species complex. Phytopathology, 111(7), 1064-1079. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE

Geiser, DM, Al-Hatmi, AMS, Aoki, T, Arie, T, Balmas, V, Barnes, I, Bergstrom, GC, Bhattacharyya, MK, Blomquist, CL, Bowden, RL, Brankovics, B, Brown, DW, Burgess, LW, Bushley, K, Busman, M, Cano-Lira, JF, Carrillo, JD, Chang, HX, Chen, CY, Chen, W, Chilvers, M, Chulze, S, Coleman, JJ, Cuomo, CA, Wilhelm de Beer, Z, Sybren de Hoog, G, Castillo-Munera, JD, Del Ponte, EM, Dieguez-Uribeondo, J, Pietro, AD, Edel-Hermann, V, Elmer, WH, Epstein, L, Eskalen, A, Esposto, MC, Everts, KL, Fernandez-Pavıa, SP, da Silva, GF, Foroud, NA, Fourie, G, Frandsen, RJN, Freeman, S, Freitag, M, Frenkel, O, Fuller, KK, Gagkaeva, T, Gardiner, DM, Glenn, AE, Gold, SE, Gordon, TR, Gregory, NF, Gryzenhout, M, Guarro, J, Gugino, BK, Gutierrez, S, Hammond-Kosack, KE, Harris, LJ, Homa, M, Hong, CF, Hornok, L, Huang, JW, Ilkit, M, Jacobs, A, Jacobs, K, Jiang, C, del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, M, Kang, S, Kasson, MT, Kazan, K, Kennell, JC, Kim, HS, Corby Kistler, H, Kuldau, GA, Kulik, T, Kurzai, O, Laraba, I, Laurence, MH, Lee, T, Lee, YW, Lee, YH, Leslie, JF, Liew, ECY, Lofton, LW, Logrieco, AF, Lopez-Berges, MS, Luque, AG, Lysøe, E, Ma, LJ, Marra, RE, Martin, FN, May, SR, McCormick, SP, McGee, C, Meis, JF, Migheli, Q, Mohamed Nor, NMI, Monod, M, Moretti, A, Mostert, D, Mule, G, Munaut, F, Munkvold, GP, Nicholson, P, Nucci, M, O’Donnell, K, Pasquali, M, Pfenning, LH, Prigitano, A, Proctor, RH, Ranque, S, Rehner, SA, Rep, M, Rodrıguez-Alvarado, G, Rose, LJ, Roth, MG, Ruiz-Roldan, C, Saleh, AA, Salleh, B, Sang, H, Scandiani, MM, Scauflaire, J, Schmale, DG, Short, DPG, Sisic, A, Smith, JA, Smyth, CW, Son, H, Spahr, E, Stajich, JE, Steenkamp, E, Steinberg, C, Subramaniam, R, Suga, H, Summerell, BA, Susca, A, Swett, CL, Toomajian, C, Torres-Cruz, TJ, Tortorano, AM, Urban, M, Vaillancourt, LJ, Vallad, GE, van der Lee, TAJ, Vanderpool, D, van Diepeningen, AD, Vaughan, MM, Venter, E, Vermeulen, M, Verweij, PE, Viljoen, A, Waalwijk, C, Wallace, EC, Walther, G, Wang, J, Ward, TJ, Wickes, BL, Wiederhold, NP, Wingfield, MJ, Wood, AKM, Xu, JR, Yang, XB, Yli-Mattila, T, Yun, SH, Zakaria, L, Zhang, H, Zhang, N, Zhang, SX & Zhang, X 2021, 'Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic fusarium that includes the fusarium solani species complex', Phytopathology, vol. 111, no. 7, pp. 1064-1079. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE

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Y1 - 2021/7

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Evolution

KW - Fungal pathogens

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U2 - 10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE

DO - 10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE

M3 - Article

C2 - 33200960

AN - SCOPUS:85118612459

SN - 0031-949X

VL - 111

SP - 1064

EP - 1079

JO - Phytopathology

JF - Phytopathology

IS - 7

ER -

Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic fusarium that includes the fusarium solani species complex

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