Guedegbe H. J. auteur aut IRD Miambi E. auteur aut IRD Pando Anne auteur aut IRD Houngnandan P. auteur aut IRD Rouland Lefèvre Corinne auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Studies have revealed that some Xylaria species were closely associated with fungus-growing termite nests. However this relationship) rarely had been investigated and the host specificity of: termite-associated Xylaria Was not yet Clearly established. Eighteen Xylaria. rDNA-ITS sequences were obtained from fungus combs belonging to 11 Macrotermitinae species front eight. regions. Low diversity was Found between isolates, and nine sequences were retrieved. Termite-associated Xylaria were shown to be monophyletic, with three main clades, all including strains from various termite hosts and geographical localities. This new molecular study shows no species specificity with respect to fungus-growing termites, which suggests that there might be substrate specialization. specialized fungus combs host specificity ITS sequences phylogeny termite-associated Xylaria 074 101 5 686-691 2009 0027-5514 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00004048 10.3852/08-182 0027-5514 [F B010081629] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00004048 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2021-03-11/010081629.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2009-10-07 2021-11-18 PAR00004048 fre