Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2002
Journal or Book Title
Current Genetics
Volume
41
Issue
6
First Page
414
Last Page
424
DOI
10.1007/s00294-002-0317-8
Abstract
An optional group I intron was characterized at a single insertion point in nuclear small subunit rRNA (nuSSU rRNA) genes of the imperfect entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana and B. brongniartii. Insertion points were conserved among nuSSU rRNA genes from 35 Beauveria isolates. PCR-RFLP and DNA sequencing identified 12 group I intron variants and were applied to the identification of strains isolated from insect hosts. Alignment of 383– 404-nt subgroup IB3 group I introns indicated that four insertion/deletion (indel) mutations were the main basis of fragment length variation. Phylogeny reconstruction using parsimony and neighbor-joining methods suggested six lineages may be present among nuSSU rRNA group I intron sequences from Beauveria and related ascomycete fungi. Terminal node placement of Beauveria introns conflicted with previously published phylogenies constructed from gene sequences, suggesting horizontal transfer of group I introns. PCRRFLP among introns provided a means for the differentiation of Beauveria isolates.
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Copyright Owner
Springer-Verlag
Copyright Date
2002
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Coates, Brad S.; Hellmich, Richard L.; and Lewis, Leslie C., "Nuclear small subunit rRNA group I intron variation among Beauveria spp provide tools for strain identification and evidence of horizontal transfer" (2002). Entomology Publications. 81.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ent_pubs/81
Comments
This article is from Current Genetics; 41 (2002); 414-424; doi: 10.1007/s00294-002-0317-8