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The Brevicompactum clade is recognized as a separate lineage in Trichoderma/Hypocrea. This includes T. brevicompactum and the new species T. arundinaceum, T. turrialbense, T. protrudens and Hypocrea rodmanii. The closest relative of the Brevicompactum clade is the Lutea clade. With the exception of H. rodmanii, all members of this clade produce the simple trichothecene-type toxins harzianum A or trichodermin. All members of the clade produce peptaibiotics, including alamethicins. Strains previously reported as T. harzianum (ATCC 90237), T. viride (NRRL 3199) or Hypocrea sp. (F000527, CBS 113214) to produce trichothecenes are reidentified as T. arundinaceum. The Brevicompactum clade is not closely related to species that have biological application.
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Dr. James L. Swezey, USDA-ARS, NCAUR, provided culture NRRL 3199. Dr. Harry Evans and CABI-BioScience provided endophytic cultures. CBS and BBA provided additional cultures; we especially acknowledge Ms. Trix Merckx (CBS) for her assistance in receiving and dispatching cultures. Latin descriptions were kindly corrected by Prof. Dr. Ferdinand R. Prostmeier (Justus Liebig Universität, Gießen, Germany). Financial support by the Studienstiftung Mykologie (Cologne, Germany), the Erwin-Stein-Stiftung (Gießen, Germany), the Danish Research Council for Technology and Production Sciences (26-04-0050) and the Centre for Advanced Food Studies (LMC) (Copenhagen, Denmark) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Hypocrea rodmanii Samuels & Chaverri, Trichoderma arundinaceum Zafari, Gräfenhan & Samuels, Trichoderma protrudens Samuels & Chaverri, Trichoderma turrialbense Samuels, Degenkolb, K.F. Nielsen & Gräfenhan.
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Degenkolb, T., Dieckmann, R., Nielsen, K.F. et al. The Trichoderma brevicompactum clade: a separate lineage with new species, new peptaibiotics, and mycotoxins. Mycol Progress 7, 177–219 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-008-0563-3
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