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At the NIAS Genebank, approved strains for distribution are being selected based on the phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences of some gene regions for their identification, as well as on the microscopic inspection of their cultural characteristics.

List of the approved strains
MAFF No.Scientific NameGene Regions*1
240360Fusarium acuminatumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240370Fusarium acuminatumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240366Fusarium asiaticumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240375Fusarium asiaticumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240367Fusarium asiaticumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240368Fusarium asiaticumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240371Fusarium avenaceumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240354Fusarium avenaceumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240376Fusarium avenaceumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240363Fusarium avenaceumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
101144Fusarium cerealisH3 MtSSU ITS*2
236397Fusarium circinatumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
237714Fusarium coccophilumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
237881Fusarium coccophilumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
235976Fusarium coeruleumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
235977Fusarium coeruleumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
237650Fusarium concentricumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
236454Fusarium culmorumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
305607Fusarium cuneirostrumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238422Fusarium decemcellulareH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238423Fusarium decemcellulareH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238424Fusarium decemcellulareH3 MtSSU ITS*2
237465Fusarium dimerumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240359Fusarium equisetiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240179Fusarium foetensH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240180Fusarium foetensH3 MtSSU ITS*2
237530Fusarium fractiflexumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238531Fusarium fujikuroiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
237511Fusarium globosumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240353Fusarium graminearumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240365Fusarium graminearumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240355Fusarium incarnatumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
236532Fusarium incarnatumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240364Fusarium incarnatumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240372Fusarium kyushuenseH3 MtSSU ITS*2
840045Fusarium lateritium f. moriH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238439Fusarium matuoiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
410883Fusarium matuoiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
236504Fusarium merismoidesH3 MtSSU ITS*2
237507Fusarium nisikadoiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
239069Fusarium nygamaiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
410171Fusarium oxysporumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
410172Fusarium oxysporumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240357Fusarium poaeH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240374Fusarium poaeH3 MtSSU ITS*2
410716Fusarium proliferatumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
410715Fusarium proliferatumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
306336Fusarium redolensH3 MtSSU ITS*2
306334Fusarium redolensH3 MtSSU ITS*2
306337Fusarium redolensH3 MtSSU ITS*2
306335Fusarium redolensH3 MtSSU ITS*2
239074Fusarium sacchariH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238542Fusarium solani f. robiniaeH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238541Fusarium solani f. xanthoxyliH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238538Fusarium solani f. sp. moriH3 MtSSU ITS*2
840046Fusarium solani f. sp. moriH3 MtSSU ITS*2
840047Fusarium solani f. sp. pisiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240373Fusarium sporotrichioidesH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240356Fusarium sporotrichioidesH3 MtSSU ITS*2
241722Fusarium thapsinumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
241719Fusarium thapsinumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
241721Fusarium thapsinumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240358Fusarium tricinctumH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240093Fusarium verticillioidesH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240095Fusarium verticillioidesH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240087Fusarium verticillioidesH3 MtSSU ITS*2
241222Fusarium vorosiiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
241221Fusarium vorosiiH3 MtSSU ITS*2
240020Haematonectria ipomoeaeH3 MtSSU ITS*2
238974Haematonectria ipomoeaeH3 MtSSU ITS*2
  • *1 Lower case letters at the beginning and the end of the DNA sequences indicate the primer sequences used for the DNA amplification by PCR.
  • *2 ITS indicates DNA sequences of 18S rDNA (partial), ITS1, 5.8S rDNA, ITS2, 28S rDNA (partial).

On the Approved Strains of Fusarium species

Recently molecular-phylogenetic studies on the species of the genus Fusarium and its allies based on comparative analyses of DNA sequences were much progressed. Many species within the genus were found to be species-complexes containing plural cryptic (hidden) species within their specific circumscription. Division of these species or their redefinition is also in progress. The NIAS Genebank has been performing DNA sequence analyses such as Histone H3 gene region, mitochondrion small-subunit ribosomal DNA (mtSSU rDNA), ribosomal DNA (rDNA) ITS regions (including partial sequences of 18S rDNA, ITS1, 5.8S rDNA, ITS2, partial sequences of 28S rDNA), as well as examining their cultural phenotypic characters. It was for the purpose to establish a set of typical Japanese strains of Fusarium species based on the current taxonomic basis. Seventy typical strains which represent individual species were selected as “the Approved Strains for Distribution” of Fusarium species.