ABSTRACT
Six Nowakowskiella species from Brazil were identified and purified on corn meal agar (CMA) plus glucose and Peptonized Milk-Tryptone-Glucose (PmTG) media and placed into a phylogenetic framework for the genus. New sequence data are presented for four species: N. elongata, N. multispora, and N. ramosa and the new species N. crenulata. Our maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of combined 18S, 5.8S, and 28S subunits of nuc rDNA showed that Nowakowskiella is not a monophyletic clade because of the position of Nowakowskiella elongata, which is more related to Cladochytrium. We reclassify N. elongata as the type of a new genus, Karlingiella.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Lucas Michelotti, Denise C. Bicudo, Samantha B. Faustino, Elaine C.R. Bartozek, Stefano Zorzal de Almeida, and Maria A. P. C. da Silva (Dorinha) are recognized for their contribution collecting samples or laboratory support, and we thank Instituto Florestal and Grupo Votorantim for the permission to collect samples.