Biology:Neocosmospora

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Neocosmospora is a genus of fungi in the family Nectriaceae.

The genus was established by Smith in 1899.[1] Species in the genus are saprobes (processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter), endophytes (a fungus that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle), and plant and animal pathogens and they are commonly found in soil, plant debris, living plant material, air and water (Sandoval-Denis et al. 2019;[2] Guarnaccia et al. 2021).[3]

There exists a "lumper and splitter" problem surrounding the genus and the so-called Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC). Neocosmospora in the modern splitter view of Lombard et al. (2015) is equivalent to the FSSC in scope.[4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[5]

  • Neocosmospora arxii Udagawa, Y. Horie & P.F. Cannon (1989)
  • Neocosmospora boninensis Udagawa, Y. Horie & P.F. Cannon (1989)
  • Neocosmospora endophytica Polishook, Bills & Rossman (1992)
  • Neocosmospora floridana (T. Aoki, J.A. Sm., Kasson, S. Freeman, Geiser & O'Donnell) L. Lombard & Sand.-Den. (2021)
  • Neocosmospora indica Wadhwani (1984)
  • Neocosmospora kurunegalensis Samuels, Nalim & Geiser (2011)
  • Neocosmospora leucaenae R.H. Perera, Maharachch. & K.D. Hyde (2023)
  • Neocosmospora magnoliae R.H. Perera, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde (2020)
  • Neocosmospora obliquiseptata (T. Aoki, Geering, Kasson, S. Freeman, Geiser & O'Donnell) L. Lombard & Sand.-Den. (2021)
  • Neocosmospora parva Mahoney (1976)
  • Neocosmospora rekana (Lynn & Marinc.) L. Lombard & Sand.-Den. (2021)
  • Neocosmospora rubicola L. Lombard & Crous (2015)
  • Neocosmospora striata Udagawa & Y. Horie (1975)
  • Neocosmospora striatispora R.H. Perera, Maharachch., E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde (2023)
  • Neocosmospora thailandica R.H. Perera, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde (2023)
  • Neocosmospora tuaranensis (T. Aoki, Kasson, S. Freeman, Geiser & O'Donnell) L. Lombard & Sand.-Den. (2021)

Uses of Neocosmospora species

Bioassay-guided fractionation of a fungus Neocosmospora sp. resulted in the isolation of three new resorcylic acid lactones, 'neocosmosin A' (2), 'neocosmosin B' (3) and 'neocosmosin C' (4). As well as three known resorcylic acid lactones, 'monocillin IV' (1), 'monocillin II' (5) and radicicol (6) which were also isolated and identified, where compounds 4–6 show good binding affinity for the human opioid receptors. These findings have important implications for the potential psychoactive effects with this class of compounds.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Smith1899
  2. ↑ Sandoval-Denis, M.; Lombard, L.; Crous, P.W. (2019). "Back to the roots: a reappraisal of Neocosmospora.". Pers. Mol. Phylogeny Evol. Fungi 43: 90–185. 
  3. ↑ Guarnaccia, V.; Van Niekerk, J.; Crous, P.; Sandoval-Denis, M. (2021). "Neocosmospora spp. associated with dry root rot of citrus in South Africa.". Phytopathol. Mediterr. 60 (1): 79–100. 
  4. ↑ Lombard, L.; van der Merwe, N.A.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. (2015). "Generic concepts in Nectriaceae". Studies in Mycology (Elsevier BV) 80: 189–245. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.12.002. ISSN 0166-0616. PMID 26955195. 
  5. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Neocosmospora". https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp. 
  6. ↑ "Neocosmospora sp.-derived resorcylic acid lactones with in vitro binding affinity for human opioid and cannabinoid receptors". Journal of Natural Products 76 (5): 824–8. May 2013. doi:10.1021/np300653d. PMID 23659286. 

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