| Title | Trichoderma biodiversity in major ecological systems of China |
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| Author | Kai Dou1,2,3, Jinxin Gao1,2,3, Chulong Zhang4, Hetong Yang5, Xiliang Jiang6, Jishun Li5, Yaqian Li1,2,3, Wei Wang7, Hongquan Xian8, Shigui Li9, Yan Liu1,2,3, Jindong Hu5, and Jie Chen1,2,3* |
| Address | 1School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China, 2State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China, 3Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China, 4State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, P. R. China, 5Biotechnology Center, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250013, P. R. China, 6Key Laboratory for Biological Control, The Ministry of Agriculture of China, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P. R. China, 7State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China, 8College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, P. R. China, 9Agricultural Culture Collection of China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P. R. China |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 57(8),668–675, 2019, |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12275-019-8357-7 |
| Key Words | Trichoderma, distribution, China |
| Abstract | An investigation of Trichoderma biodiversity involving a large-scale environmental gradient was conducted to understand the Trichoderma distribution in China. A total of 3,999 isolates were isolated from forestry, grassland, wetland and agriculture ecosystems, and 50 species were identified based on morphological characteristics and sequence analysis of genetic markers. Trichoderma harzianum showed the largest proportion of isolates and the most extensive distribution. Hypocrea semiorbis, T. epimyces, T. konilangbra, T. piluliferum, T. pleurotum, T. pubescens, T. strictipilis, T. hunua, T. oblongisporum and an unidentified species, Trichoderma sp. MA 3642, were first reported in China. Most Trichoderma species were distributed in Jilin and Heilongjiang Provinces in northeast China and the fewest were distributed in Qinghai Province. Based on the division of ecological and geographic factors, forestry ecosystems and low-altitude regions have the greatest species biodiversity of Trichoderma. |