Inter-Subspecies Hybrid Dikaryons of Oyster Mushroom Independently Isolated in Vietnam and Japan

Pleurotus ostreatus

SpeciesOyster Mushroom

JournalBioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Year2008

Key points

Two strains of the mushroom Pleurotus, isolated from nature in Vietnam and Japan, contained a similar combination of two distinct rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences
They were perhaps hybrid dikaryons between P. cystidiosus subsp. abalonus and a novel P. cystidiosus subspecies
These mushrooms produce dikaryotic arthroconidia
This unique asexual reproduction might allow stable maintenance of a particular pair of nuclei

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Abstract

Two strains of the mushroom Pleurotus, isolated from nature in Vietnam and Japan, contained a similar combination of two distinct rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. They were perhaps hybrid dikaryons between P. cystidiosus subsp. abalonus and a novel P. cystidiosus subspecies. These mushrooms produce dikaryotic arthroconidia. This unique asexual reproduction might allow stable maintenance of a particular pair of nuclei.

Citation

Binh-Nguyen TRUONG Koei OKAZAKI Xuan-Tham LE Akira SUZUKI (2008). Inter-Subspecies Hybrid Dikaryons of Oyster Mushroom Independently Isolated in Vietnam and Japan. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.70152

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