Research Article

Diversity and Enzymatic Profiling of Halotolerant Micromycetes from Sebkha El Melah, a Saharan Salt Flat in Southern Tunisia

Table 1

Identification of fungal isolates.

Strain code28S identificationITS identificationIdentification based on specific primersMorphological identificationFinal identification and accession number in NCBI

JA1Penicillium Penicillium flavigenum JX997105 (100%) 
P. confertum JX997081 (100%) 
P. dipodomyis JX997080 (100%) 
P. commune KC333882 (100%) 
P. chrysogenum KC009827 (100%) 
P. griseofulvum JQ781833 (100%)
Penicillium  chrysogenum
(β-tubulin)
Penicillium  chrysogenum Penicillium  chrysogenum Thom 
28S KF417559
ITS KF417577

JA2Cladosporium Cladosporium sp. GU017498 (100%) 
Hyalodendron sp. AM176721 (100%) 
C. sphaerospermum AB572902 (99%) 
C. cladosporioides EF568045 (99%)
Cladosporium  sphaerospermum (Actin)nd Cladosporium sphaerospermum Penzig 
28S: KF417560
ITS: KF417578

JA3Penicillium chrysogenum Penicillium canescens HQ607858(99%)Penicillium  chrysogenum
(β-tubulin)
Penicillium  chrysogenum Penicillium  chrysogenum Thom 
28S: KF417561
ITS: KF417579

JA4Aspergillus Aspergillus aureofulgens EF669617 (100%)Aspergillus flavus
(calmodulin)
nd Aspergillus flavus Link
28S: KF417562
ITS: KF417580

JA5 nd Penicillium desertorum JX997039 (100%) 
P. chrysogenum KC009826 (99%)
Penicillium canescens group
(β-tubulin and calmodulin)
nd Penicillium canescens Sopp 
ITS: KF417581

JA6Alternaria Alternaria triticimaculans JN867470 (100%) 
A. tenuissima JN867469 (100%) 
A. mali JN867468 (100%) 
A. alternata JQ690087 (100%)
Alternaria tenuissima
(GPD)
Alternaria alternata Alternaria tenuissima (Nees)  
Wiltshire 
28S: KF417563
ITS: KF417582

JA7nd Engyodontium album HM214540 (100%)Engyodontium  album Engyodontium album (Limber) de Hoog 
ITS: KF417583

JA8Cladosporium Cladosporium cladosporioides EF568045 (100%) 
C. sphaerospermum AM176719 (100%) 
C. halotolerans JX535318 (99%)
Cladosporium halotolerans
(Actin)
Cladosporium  cladosporioides/halotolerans Cladosporium halotolerans Zalar, de Hoog, and Gunde-Cimerman 
28S: KF417564
ITS: KF417584

JA9Embellisia/Chalastospora Embellisia phragmospora JN383493 (100%)Alternaria tenuissima similarity
Alternaria arborescens
Alternaria alternata (GPD)
Embellisia  phragmospora Embellisia phragmospora (Emden) E.G.  
28S: KF417565
ITS: KF417585

JA10Aspergillus Aspergillus lentulus JN943567 (99%) 
A. aff. fumigatus JN246066 (99%) 
A. fumigatiaffinis HF545316 (99%) 
A. novofumigatus FR733874 (99%)
Aspergillus fumigatus
(β-tubulin)
Aspergillus fumigatiaffinis Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius 
28S: KF417566
ITS: KF417586

JA11nd Aspergillus aff. fumigatus JN246066 (100%) 
A. fumigatiaffinis KC253955 (99%)
Aspergillus fumigatiaffinis
(β-tubulin)
nd Aspergillus fumigatiaffinis Hong, Frisvad, and Samson 
ITS: KF417587

JA12Ulocladium Ulocladium consortiale JQ585682 (100%) 
Alternaria radicina HM204457 (99%)
Ulocladium consortiale (GPD)Ulocladium tuberculatum/consortiale Ulocladium consortiale (Thümen) E.G. Simmons 
28S: KF417567
ITS: KF417588

JA13Cladosporium Cladosporium cladosporioides JX868638 (99%) 
C. sphaerospermum HM999943 (99%)
Cladosporium  sphaerospermum group 
(Actin)
Cladosporium  sphaerospermum Cladosporium sphaerospermum Penzig 
28S: KF417568
ITS: KF417589

JA14Cladosporium/Davidiella Cladosporium cladosporioides KC009539 (99%) 
Davidiella tassiana GU248332 (98%)
nd nd Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresenius) G.A. de Vries 
28S: KF417569
ITS: KF417590

JA15Penicillium Penicillium spinulosum KC167852 (100%) 
P. glabrum KC009784 (100%)
nd Penicillium glabrum Penicillium sp.  
28S: KF417570
ITS: KF417591

JA17Ulocladium Ulocladium consortiale JQ585682 (100%) 
U. chartarum JN942881 (99%)
nd Ulocladium sp.Ulocladium sp.  
28S: KF417572
ITS: KF417593

JA18Cladosporium Cladosporium cladosporioides HQ380770 (100%)nd Cladosporium cladosporioides Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresenius) G.A. de Vries 
28S: KF417573
ITS: KF417594

JA19Alternaria Alternaria sp. KC139473 (100%) 
A. arborescens JQ781762 (100%) 
A. alternata JN107734 (100%)
Alternaria tenuissima
Alternaria arborescens
Alternaria alternata
(GPD)
Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata Keissler 
28S: KF417574
ITS: KF417595

JA20Alternaria Alternaria brassicae JX290150 (100%) 
A. porri HQ821479 (100%)
Alternaria tenuissima
Alternaria arborescens
Alternaria alternata
(GPD)
Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata Keissler 
28S: KF417575
ITS: KF417596

JA22Penicillium Penicillium chrysogenum KC341721 (99%) 
P. dipodomyicola JX232278 (99%) 
P. rubens JX003126 (99%) 
P. commune JN676122 (99%)
Penicillium  chrysogenum
(β-tubulin)
Penicillium  chrysogenum Penicillium  chrysogenum Thom 
28S: KF417576
ITS: KF417597

JA23nd Alternaria alternata JQ809324 (100%) 
A. quercus KC329620 (100%) 
A. tenuissima KC329619 (100%) 
A. atrans KC329618 (100%)
Alternaria tenuissima
Alternaria arborescens
Alternaria alternata
(GPD)
Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata Keissler 
ITS: KF417598