@article{65296c8057b743dd918eb8f8da32ea81,
title = "Ambrosiella beaveri, sp. nov., Associated with an exotic ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus mutilatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), in Mississippi, USA",
abstract = "Xylosandrus mutilatus is an Asian ambrosia beetle that has recently established in Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, and possibly Florida, USA. We investigated the fungi associated with the mycangia (specialized fungus-transporting structures) of X. mutilatus in Mississippi. Mycangia consistently yielded an Ambrosiella sp. which was subsequently found to be closely related to, but distinct from, other Ambrosiella species affiliated with Ceratocystis. This Ambrosiella is described herein as Ambrosiella beaveri sp. nov. Also isolated were Geosmithia lavendula, G. obscura, and a yeast, Candida homelintoma. It is likely Ambrosiella beaveri was introduced along with the beetle into North America.",
keywords = "Ambrosia fungi, Candida homelintoma, Geosmithia lavendula, Geosmithia obscura, Scolytinae",
author = "Six, {Diana L.} and {Doug Stone}, W. and {de Beer}, {Z. Wilhelm} and Woolfolk, {Sandra W.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank David Kimbrough for the use of his land for beetle collections. For technical assistance, we thank Cetin Yuceer, Department of Forestry, and Amanda Lawrence and William Monroe, Electron Microscopy Center, Mississippi State University. A portion of this project was funded by the US Forest Service (Contract SRS 03-CA-11330129-222), the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, and the Tree Protection Cooperative Programme (TPCP) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1007/s10482-009-9331-x",
language = "English",
volume = "96",
pages = "17--29",
journal = "Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology",
issn = "0003-6072",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "1",
}