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Review

Phylogenetic Review of Acaulospora (Diversisporales, Glomeromycota) and the Homoplasic Nature of Its Ornamentations

by
Kássia J. G. da Silva
1,2,
José A. L. Fernandes
3,
Franco Magurno
4,
Larissa B. A. Leandro
2,
Bruno T. Goto
5 and
Raquel C. Theodoro
6,*
1
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Centro de Biociências, Natal 59078-970, RN, Brazil
2
Centro de Biociências, Campus Central, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59064-741, RN, Brazil
3
Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI), Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada
4
Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellońska 28, 40-032 Katowice, Poland
5
Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59064-741, RN, Brazil
6
Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59064-741, RN, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Fungi 2022, 8(9), 892; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8090892
Submission received: 9 June 2022 / Revised: 4 August 2022 / Accepted: 5 August 2022 / Published: 23 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Topic Fungal Diversity)
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Abstract

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The genus Acaulospora has undergone many updates since it was first described; however, there are some missing pieces in the phylogenetic relationships among Acaulospora species. The present review aimed to: (i) understand the evolutionary meaning of their different spore wall ornamentations; (ii) define the best molecular marker for phylogenetic inferences, (iii) address some specific issues concerning the polyphyletic nature of Acaulospora lacunosa and Acaulospora scrobiculata, and the inclusion of Kuklospora species; and (iv) update the global geographical distribution of Acaulospora species. As such, the wall ornamentation of previously described Acaulospora species was reviewed and phylogenetic analyses were carried out based on ITS and SSU-ITS-LSU (nrDNA). Moreover, the already available type material of A. sporocarpia was inspected. According to the data obtained, temperate and tropical zones are the richest in Acaulospora species. We also confirmed that A. sporocarpia does not belong to Acaulospora. Furthermore, our phylogeny supported the monophyly of Acaulospora genus, including the Kuklospora species, K. colombiana and K. kentinensis. The nrDNA phylogeny presented the best resolution and revealed the homoplasic nature of many ornamentations in Acaulospora species, pointing out their unfeasible phylogenetic signal. This review reinforces the urgency of more molecular markers, in addition to the nrDNA sequences, for the definition of a multi-locus phylogeny.

1. Introduction

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) belong to Glomeromycota [1,2,3] and form an obligatory symbiosis with approximately 80% of terrestrial plants [4] and aquatic plant communities [5,6]. This ecological relationship brings several benefits for the plant host, including greater mineral nutrition and increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses [4,7]. Said stresses (saline, hydrical, pathogens), as well as other general environmental factors such as temperature, precipitation and agricultural activities, affect soil conditions, influencing AMF sporulation and species establishment, shaping the geographic distribution of these fungal species [4,8,9,10,11,12,13].
The cosmopolitan distribution of Glomeromycota [2,14,15,16] demonstrates that the establishment of this symbiosis is both widespread [4] and ancient, and thus extremely important for the colonization of the terrestrial environment by plants [17].
Description of the Glomeromycota species is mostly based on morphological characterization, which is still the basis of the AMF classification [11,14,16]. However, in some cases, the same morphological characteristics can be shared by different species [16,18,19]. For example, the species Acaulospora colombiana and Acaulospora koskei both present spores with a smooth and hyaline outer wall. Additionally, the presence of non-viable or immature spores in soil samples makes the morphological identification tricky [16,20]. Therefore, the combination of molecular and morphological studies has been pointed out as the most appropriate methodology for classifying the AMF and describing their geographical distribution [15,16,20], as well as their phylogenetic relationships [19,21,22,23,24,25,26].
Among Glomeromycota genera, Acaulospora (class Glomeromycetes, order Diversisporales, family Acaulosporaceae), described by Gerdermann and Trappe [27], is one of the most widely distributed genera in the world, with several species having been described in recent years [13,28,29,30].
Many studies have highlighted the ability of Acaulospora to develop under extreme conditions, such as in highly saline soil [31,32], and also in soil contaminated with nickel [33] and arsenic [34]. This resistance to different abiotic stresses indicates the biotechnological potential of Acaulospora species for agricultural and bioremediation activities.
Furthermore, the genus Acaulospora has also been reported as the second most frequent genus in disturbed areas, with high diversity indices, mainly in South America [28,35]. Together with Glomus (Tul. & C. Tul.) [29,30], the genus Acaulospora has an essential role in the use and management of soil, especially in semiarid areas [13,28,30,36].
Taking into account the high diversity and wide distribution of the Acaulospora genus, as well as its relevance for biotechnological applications and area conservation, this review aims to revise the spore wall ornamentation patterns found in this genus, to update the global geographical distribution of Acaulospora species, and to provide a robust phylogenetic analysis based on ITS and SSU-ITS-LSU (nrDNA) sequences of the nuclear rDNA.

2. Acaulospora: A Review of Its Taxonomy, Morphology and Molecular Markers

The articles used in this review were searched using the keywords: “Acaulospora + biogeographical”, “Acaulospora + description” and “Acaulospora + revision”, covering articles from 1974 to 2021, in order to gather historic and the most updated information on Acaulospora biology. In addition to the literature review, some Acaulospora species were evaluated for assessment of morphological characteristics, such as ornamentation.
Eighteen voucher specimens (spores permanently mounted in PVLG and a mixture of PVLG and Melzer’s reagent (1:1, v/v) on slides) deposited at UFRN (Natal, Brazil) (Table 1) and at Oregon State University (OSC), Oregon, USA (isotypes, types and other materials) were morphologically analyzed and used as reference.
Morphological features of spores were categorized based on original species descriptions and other related references. The preparation of spores for study and photography was carried out as previously described [37]. The types of spore wall layers were defined by Błaszkowski [37] and Walker [38]. Fungi nomenclature and the authors of their descriptions were retrieved from the Index Fungorum website http://www.indexfungorum.org/AuthorsOfFungalNames.htm (accessed on 20 October 2020). The term “glomerospores” was used for spores produced by AMF, as proposed by Goto and Maia [39].
The classification and description of Acaulospora species is mainly based on the morphology and ontogeny of their spores. The most important characteristic in distinguishing Acaulospora from other Glomeromycota genera is the type of spore development, called acaulosporoid, in which the glomerospores develop through the transfer of the content from the sporiferous saccule, which is connected to a hypha [21,37,40]. When this saccule is released from the spore, it leaves a single scar, which is used to differentiate species with acaulosporoid development from species with other types of spore formation. However, the acaulosporoid formation is also present in the genera Ambispora C. Walker, Vestberg & A. Schüßler, Archaeospora J.B. Morton & D. Redecker, Otospora Oehl, Palenzuela & N. Ferrol and Palaeospora Oehl, Palenz., Sánchez-Castro & G. A. Silva [21,37,41,42,43,44]. When two scars are produced, the spore formation is called entrophosporoid, which is present in the genera Entrophospora R.N. Ames & R.W. Schneid., Intraspora Oehl & Sieverd., Kuklospora Oehl & Sieverd., Sacculospora Oehl, Sieverd., G.A. Silva, B.T. Goto, I.C. Sánchez & Palenzuela and Tricispora Oehl, Sieverd., G.A. Silva & Palenz. [21,37,45,46,47], although Acaulospora colliculosa Kaonongbua, J.B. Morton & Bever has been described without the register of sporiferous saccule, but with two distinct scars, suggesting an entrophosporoid spore development [48].
Generally, spores produced by Acaulospora species are found as free spores, rarely in aggregates or sporocarps [27,37,40], and have three walls [21]. When some ornamentation is present, it is generally observed in the second layer of the outer wall and rarely in the inner layer [49]. A granular germ layer with a “beaded” surface, which reacts to Melzer’s reagent, is also observed in the spores [27,37,40].
There are many different types of spore wall ornamentations: projections (Acaulospora brasiliensis, A. colliculosa, A. denticulata, A. endographis, A. elegans, A. entreriana, A. flavopapillosa, A. ignota, A. pustulata, A. rehmii, A. soloidea, A. spinosa, A. spinossissima, A. spinulifera, A. tortuosa, A. tuberculata, A. walkeri and Kuklospora spinosa), depressions (Acaulospora alpina, A. aspera, A. baetica, A. cavernata, A. excavata, A. foveata, A. herrerae, A. kentinensis, A. lacunosa, A. minuta, A. nivalis, A. paulinae, A. punctata, A. scrobiculata, A. sieverdingii, A. taiwania, A. terricola and A. verna) and double ornamentation (A. bireticulata and A. reducta). These ornamentations can be uniform (ellipsoidal, circular, concave round), multiform (triangular, circular, ellipsoidal, y-shaped, tooth-shaped), or irregular in shape, and densely or sparsely distributed (Table 2, Figure 1).
At the time the order Glomerales was proposed, encompassing all AMF [40], Acaulospora covered only 25 species and, when the phylum Glomeromycota was proposed, this number changed little, with the addition of four species [1]. In the past 20 years, seven species have been relocated to other genera and three have been transferred from other genera to Acaulospora (Table 3). Additionally, a significant number of new AMF species have been described as belonging to the Acaulospora genus, which currently comprises 60 species.
In addition to these morphological characteristics for species differentiation, molecular data have been broadly used for species descriptions and phylogenetic analyses [50]. For instance, some species, such as A. scrobiculata and other species with similar ornamentations (pitted surface) are only distinguished by molecular analysis, along with morphological description [21].
Forty-five (75%) Acaulospora species have one or more sequenced regions available (Table 4) in NCBI, EMBL, GBIF, BLOYD SYSTEMS, MaarJAM and MYCOBANK databases, most from multicopy nuclear ribosomal RNA genes, which are organized as an operon containing the sequences for the Small Subunit 18S rRNA (SSU), 5.8S and Large Subunit 28S rRNA (LSU) nrDNAs, separated by two internal transcribed spacers, ITS1 and ITS2. The sequences corresponding to the rRNA genes are more conserved than the ITS regions and, for this reason, the SSU and LSU may be used in comparing distant taxa (genus, families), while ITS is more suitable for evolutionary analysis of very closely related species or individuals from the same species [2,26,50,51]. Only eleven species have an additional gene sequenced, which include Beta tubulin, Alpha tubulin, DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit (RPB1), Chitin Synthase (CHS), Transcription Factor (Ste12), Heat-Shock Protein 60 (HSP60) and a Group I Intron (IGI) from the Cytochrome Oxidase 1 (COX1) gene (Table 4), which is still insufficient for in-depth phylogenetic study. These other sequenced genes have been proposed as secondary barcode markers, in addition to the ribosomal markers, for multi-locus approaches [22,24,26].
SSU sequences have been widely used to infer the distribution of AMF species around the world [11,14,96]. In said works, only a few species stood out as having a global distribution, such as Acaulospora scrobiculata [15]. Considering that this might actually reflect the conservative nature of the SSU marker, in our review, we analyzed these sequences for Acaulospora species in order to address their potential for species resolution. The CD-HIT [97,98,99,100] online system was used for clustering and comparison of SSU sequences (53 sequences, belonging to 28 species), with different cut-offs of similarity. With a cut-off of 94% similarity among sequences, five clusters were defined. One of these clusters encompassed 20 different species, demonstrating that this threshold was not suitable for separating species. By using a cut-off of 100% similarity, 25 clusters were formed, yet three of them included more than one species; for example, the species A. ignota, A. baetica, A. nivalis, A. cavernata and A. punctata were grouped together in the same cluster, showing the conservative nature of this sequence and its inefficiency at distinguishing among species. Another example of such inadequacy is the 98% similarity of the SSU sequence of Acaulospora scrobiculata with other Acaulospora species (A. minuta and A. spinosa).
Likewise, an unconvincing pattern of clustering was observed when testing different cut-offs for LSU sequences, which, although presenting a better species resolution than SSU, is also a conservative marker when compared to ITS sequences. This low ability for species separation was also observed in preliminary phylogenies constructed only with SSU or LSU sequences, which presented many polytomic branches as well as para or polythyletic species (Supplementary Figures). On the other hand, when CD-HIT with cut-offs of 98 and 100% were performed for ITS sequences, a larger number of groups was formed, mostly containing sequences from the same species. However, some single species were distributed in more than one cluster. This was observed for A. scrobiculata, A. spinosa, A. laevis, A. minuta, A. mellea and A. delicata, indicating that, for these species, the intraspecific variability of ITS marker may be greater than interspecifically, or that some fungal isolates could have been erroneously identified. The best sequence clustering, for which each species formed a different single group, was achieved by using the combination of both regions (SSU/LSU plus ITS, here named nrDNA), indicating that this is the most suitable molecular marker available for understanding the evolution of Acaulospora.

3. Diversity and Distribution of Acaulospora Species on the Globe

All sequences, species descriptions, and geographical occurrences were obtained from the databases NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information [101]), EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory–European Bioinformatics Institute [102]), GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility [103]), BLOYD SYSTEMS (Barcode of Life Data System [104]), MaarJAM [105], MYCOBANK Database [106], from November 2018 to December 2020.
The geographic distribution of the 60 Acaulospora species reported so far encompasses 61 countries. The records of Acaulospora species richness are observed in the tropical region. Brazil (43) presents the highest occurrence (Figure 2, Table 4), followed by: India (26), Switzerland (22), Poland (18), United States (16), Argentina (16), China (15), South Korea (12), England (11), and Benin (11). Brazil is considered one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world [12,16], which can be explained by its high degree of endemism, vast territorial extension and diversification of ecosystems and biomes [16].
This difference in Acaulospora diversity among different localities may also be explained, in part, by the scientific efforts in taxonomic studies in said regions. There is a tendency for increased occurrences in countries where this type of research is emerging, such as in Latin America [16,107], Africa and Asia [108,109,110,111]. The distribution profile of Acaulospora species reviewed here seems to follow this trend. For instance, there were few Acaulospora reports in India until 2014, when Gupta et al. [110] reviewed the diversity of the genus, recording 45% of all known Acaulospora species in India. The same is valid for Brazil, the richest country in Acaulospora species, and other AMF.
The cosmopolitan distribution of Acaulospora genus was also pointed out by Öpik et al. [96], who collected sequences of virtual taxa of Glomeromycota worldwide and demonstrated that Acaulosporaceae was present on all continents, with a higher frequency in Europe and South America. In relation to the climate, no virtual taxa were detected in the Boreal zone, and the richness was higher in temperate and tropical zones. A tendency was detected for some species to have a wider geographic distribution and a greater number of hosts, although subsequent studies are needed to assess this condition [52].
Cofré et al. [16] defines the distribution of AMF species in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Chaco (Argentina), as a diagonal biodiversity because richness of AMF species is in agreement with that observed for other fungi and plants in said biomes. The recent review by Maia et al. [12] indicated that about 60% (192 species) of all AMF species are present in Brazilian biomes, and this bias is also observed concerning the Acaulospora genus, as 71.6% (43 species) of its species are found in Brazil, where the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest are the richest biomes for this genus, with 33 and 31 species recorded, respectively. Stürmer and Kemmelmeier [35] documented that, in Neotropical areas, Acaulospora is the most frequent genus of AMF, followed by Glomus, Scutellospora C. Walker & F.E. Sanders, and Funneliformis C. Walker & A. Schüßler, with 47, 29, 15, and 13 species recorded, respectively.
However, we cannot rule out the influence of vegetation diversity, soil condition and environmental disturbance in shaping the AMF distribution [8,9,10,11,12,13,69]. For instance, Vieira et al. [13] showed that acidity, carbon, and clay content in soil proved to be detrimental in the composition of fungi in the Brazilian semiarid region. In said work, the authors observed that Glomus and Acaulospora were more frequent in clay rich soils than Gigaspora Gerd. & Trappe. Interestingly, Baar et al. [4] and Sudová et al. [112] indicated that, in lake areas, the AMF preference is over the plant symbiont, while the abiotic conditions of soil had no effect on the composition of the fungal community.
According to Davison et al. [14], 34% of AMF species are cosmopolitan. Acaulospora and Glomus are the most represented genera in several studies including different vegetation types [5,6,12,13,15,96,113,114,115]. For example, A. scrobiculata is found on six continents, while in Brazil, it is recorded in all biomes [12], evidencing the global distribution of AMF, when SSU is used as a molecular marker [15].
Nevertheless, the inference of a global distribution of a certain species should be reanalyzed carefully; after all, the majority of available sequences are from rRNA (sequences of SSU or LSU), which are considered conservative when compared with other genomic sequences. Furthermore, for a phylogenetic species recognition, a multi-locus approach presents a higher resolution power for species discrimination [116]. The use of few and relatively conservative markers may give the wrong impression that everything is everywhere, which is an outdated view in mycology. There are many examples of cryptic species distribution revealed by phylogeographic, mainly for pathogenic fungi, which, unlike the AMF, count on a large number of genes and genomes sequenced [26,117]. In reality, even using the SSU sequence as a marker, a certain level of endemism is observed among Glomeromycota species [96,113].
The SSU marker is still one of the most available for AMF species, mainly for virtual taxa, representing more than 77% of the sequences on the MaarjAM database [11,14,57]. Notwithstanding, we ought to rethink about what we are analyzing indeed: the distribution of species or the distribution of a sequence that, due to its conservative nature, may depreciate species diversity and, in turn, overestimate the geographic distribution of some species.
The scarcity of distinct molecular markers available for species identification and differentiation in AMF [19,21,24,57,118] may be explained due to the problematic DNA extraction from spores. The quality of the collected spores in field may limit the yield of DNA, demanding the development of trap cultures and/or pure cultures [16]. However, once these cultures are acquired, there are other challenges to face, such as the maintenance of a pure culture under controlled conditions, free of contaminant fungal species [16]. As a consequence of these difficulties, most of the amplified sequences used for phylogenetic analyses are from the nrDNA multicopy region [2,3,16,18]. Furthermore, the search for new markers is quite laborious and expensive, as it demands (i) genetic material from a wide number of species, (ii) design of primers for gene amplification in all species, and (iii) time-consuming steps of cloning and sequencing.
Poor estimations of species diversity caused by morphological species recognition [20,118,119] or conservative molecular markers will certainly be overcome when variable sequences become available. To date, few species of Glomeromycota have their genome (Acaulospora colombiana and A. morrowiae) [120] or transcriptome (A. morrowiae) sequenced [121].

4. Phylogenetic Relationship among Acaulospora Species: Is There a Consensual Tree?

For the Acaulospora phylogeny we used an updated nrDNA sequence dataset. The NCBI Nucleotide database was consulted to obtain all available ribosomal sequences for Acaulospora. Using the keyword ((Acaulospora [Title]) OR Acaulospora [Organism]) AND ribosomal [Title], 1836 sequences were found in the GenBank, of different lengths.
The downloaded sequences were classified and divided by region: partial sequence SSU, ITS (=ITS1-5.8S-ITS2), partial sequence LSU and SSU-ITS-LSU (here designated as nrDNA). The separation of these sequences was carried out with reference sequences from Krüger et al. [118]. Highly incomplete and falsely annotated sequences were excluded after CD-Hit analysis and those addressed as Acaulospora spp., in GenBank annotation, had their species identified by accessing the original article of their description. Sequences from uncultured or not morphologically described species were not included in our phylogenetic analysis, as our objective was to compare the phylogenetic relationships of the previously described species concerning the spore wall ornamentation distribution in Acaulospora genus.
As the CD-HIT analysis and preliminary phylogenies using only SSU or LSU had a low resolution when distinguishing some species in monophyletic clusters (Supplementary Figures), we carried out three additional phylogenetic analyses: one utilizing SSU-ITS-LSU (nrDNA), one simply with ITS region and another with all the available sequences of ribosomal genes, as a concatenated analysis. The access numbers of the sequences used in each phylogeny are listed on Table 5.
Alignments were carried out using Mafft online with the E-INS-I parameter. The alignment was viewed and manually edited (when required) using Mega 5.2. CD-HIT was used for all datasets (SSU, ITS, LSU and SSU-ITS-LSU fragment) to compare DNA sequences, with cut-off points of 94%, 98% and 100% similarity. These four datasets were grouped separately using CD-HIT to avoid repeating identical sequences and to exclude the incongruent sequences. The alignments used for all analyses are available in Supplementary Material.
Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML) phylogenetic analyses were performed using CIPRES Science Gateway 3.3 [122]. GTR + G + I was used as a substitution model for both phylogenies, as well as both partitioned analyses: SSU/ITS1/5.8S/ITS2/LSU/indel and ITS1/5.8S/ITS2/indel. For ML, 1000 quick bootstrapping runs were determined using RAxML-NG 1.0.1 [123]; for the BI, a million generations were run in MrBayes 3.2 [124]. The topologies of the ML and BI trees were compared. A consensus tree was produced, showing the significant supporting values from both analysis (0.95 for BI, 70 for ML). After previewing in FigTree v. 1.4.4 [125], the phylogenetic tree was exported to Inkscape (v 0.91) for further editing, diligently honoring the scale.
The tree topology was essentially the same for our three phylogenies (nrDNA, ITS and concatenated), and for all analyses we observed that, in some cases, different sequences from the same species did not cluster together. In the nrDNA phylogeny (Figure 3), this was the case for only two species, A. scrobiculata (FR692352, FR692354, FR692350) and A. lacunosa (KP756427, KP756435, KP756584), while in the ITS phylogeny (Figure 4), this occurred for three species, A. delicata (JF439093, JF439203), A. lacunosa (KP756427, KP756435, KP756584), and A. scrobiculata (FR692352, FR692354, FR692350), and in the concatenated analysis, three species had their sequences clustered with others: A. lacunosa (KP756427, KP756435, KP756584), A. longula (AM040291, AM040292, AJ510228), A. scrobiculata (FR692352, FR692354, FR692350). Aside from this problem of “polyphyletic” species, the concatenated and ITS (Figure 4 and Figure 5) analysis also presented polytomic branches between some sister species.
Therefore, the nrDNA dataset (Figure 3) provided the best phylogeny as, in this tree, the clades presented the highest number of bootstrap supports and the lowest number of polytomic branches, as well as fewest polyphyletic species.
The polytomy observed for A. lacunosa and A. scrobiculata in all analyses (Figure 3, Figure 4 and Figure 5) suggests that these sequences are from different species with similar morphology, or perhaps, in these lineages, the nrDNA region has some convergent sites (homoplasy). A possible explanation for this is that A. lacunosa and A. scrobiculata form two complexes of crypt species, with very similar morphological characteristics.
Aside from A. lacunosa and A. scrobiculata, other polytomic incongruities were observed. For example, in the ITS tree, one of the sequences of A. delicata was grouped with A. rugosa, and in the concatenated tree, A. longula was shown to be paraphyletic.
The resulting data suggest that, for some groups, the phylogenetic signal of the ITS is insufficient for discriminating among different species. Taken together, said incongruities reinforce the urgency of more molecular markers and a multi-locus sequencing analysis, as, to date, most phylogenies in AMF reconstruct the evolutionary history of one single gene or sequence, and not species. As pointed out by Taylor et al. [126], real phylogenetic species recognition is carried out by the concordance of genealogies from different loci.

4.1. Is Kuklospora a Different Genus?

One of the objectives in reconstructing the Acaulospora phylogeny was to reconsider the relationship between Acaulospora and Kuklospora, a genus described by Sieverding and Oehl [46], based on morphology and spore ontogeny. The authors proposed two new genera, Kuklospora and Intraspora, and the transfer of Entrophospora colombiana and Entrophospora kentinensis to Kuklospora, which was placed as a sister genus of Acaulospora. Later, Kaonongbua et al. [48] proposed the transfer of these species to Acaulospora according to 28S analysis, suggesting that the spore development (acaulosporoid or entrophosporoid) is not of monophyletic character.
In all phylogenies (Figure 3, Figure 4 and Figure 5), the monophyletic nature of Acaulospora genus was confirmed, including the species Kuklospora colombiana, as sister species of A. koskei (both are species without ornamentation) and Kuklospora kentinensis as sister species of A. aspera and A. spinosissima, corroborating the analysis of 28S by Kaonongbua et al. [48], Krüger et al. [127] and other authors, such as Corazon-Guivin et al. [67], Crossay et al. [70], Lin et al. [91], Lee et al. [74] and Corazon-Guivin et al. [53], when they described A. flava, A. saccata and A. fragilissima, A. tsugae, A. koreana, and A. aspera, respectively.
Additionally, in our alignment, the difference in identity percentage between Kuklospora and its closest Acaulospora species was very low (21%) compared to differences among other genera, which reinforces that Kuklospora does not stand as a different genus.
Once K. colombiana and K. kentinensis are transferred to Acaulospora and the genus Kuklospora becomes invalid, the third species, K. spinosa [95] should also be relocated to Acaulospora; however, this will create a problem of homonyms with the specific epithets between A. spinosa and K. spinosa. Because A. spinosa was the species described first, it has nominal priority. Moreover, the absence of sequences from any molecular marker for K. spinosa makes a robust phylogenetic analysis still pending for its accurate phylogenetic positioning.

4.2. The Homoplasic Nature of Acaulospora Ornamentations

The ornamentations of the spore wall, illustrated in the nrDNA phylogenetic tree (Figure 3), do not follow the evolutionary history established by the molecular markers here used. The homoplasic nature of this morphological characteristic is observed in many groups of species in our trees. For instance, A. kentinensis (regular depression), A. spinossissima (projection) and A. aspera (irregular depression) are sister species and do not share the ornamentation type, as well as A. foveata and A. lacunosa, which have the depression type of ornamentation (irregular and regular, respectively) and form a monophyletic group with A. koreana and A. mellea, which are species without ornamentation.
The noted observations make it clear that spore wall ornamentations, at least in the Acaulospora genus, ought not to be applied for phylogenetic inferences, as they are exclusively used for morphological description of species. Furthermore, these evolutionary convergences ought to have their meaning investigated to better address questions such as: (i) is it possible the same species express different phenotypes, concerning ornamentation, depending on environmental conditions? (ii) Different ornamentations evolve independently in response to the same environmental pressures (climate, soil, plant host, etc.)? Indeed, a great deal of research must be undertaken in terms of molecular and biochemical interaction of these AMF with their substrate, but the starting point for all these studies must be a robust, well-supported, and multi-locus evolutionary analysis.

5. Morphological Characteristics of Acaulospora Species Shared with Other Genera

Once K. colombiana and K. kentinensis (now A. colombiana and A. kentinensis) are included in the Acaulospora genus [37,48], two types of spore formation, acaulosporoid and entrophosporoid, with one or two scars, respectively, should be considered as diagnostic characteristics of the genus.
Concerning the spore walls, as mentioned above, most Acaulospora species present three walls, with a Melzer reaction and a “beaded” layer, with few exceptions, as is the case with A. colliculosa, for which the inner wall is smooth, not beaded, and shows an absence of Melzer’s reagent.
The analysis of type collection for A. sporocarpia demonstrates a very distinct spore wall structure, different from the spore wall organization detected in Acaulospora species. Spores of A. sporocarpia present only two walls (vs. three in Acaulospora) and the inner wall is hyaline to light yellow, with laminated layers. Therefore, our findings suggest that A. sporocarpia does not belong to the Acaulospora clade, as well as A. splendida, A. gedanensis and Polonospora polonica (Acaulospora polonica, recently transferred to Polonospora genus). In all species, the spores present only two walls [37,62,64,71]. Notably, in our phylogeny, the species A. entreriana, which also presents only two walls, was grouped as an Acaulospora species. Therefore, additional phylogenetic analysis of isolates from the type location species ought to be investigated to verify this hypothesis.
Species with two spore walls, such as Archaoespora trappei, represent a very good example of species complexes with several sequences representing distinct clades of species ranking in Archaeospora [128]. Said data suggest that several isolates with similar morphology to A. trappei may represent new species in Glomeromycota, but the absence of sequences from type location isolates prevents the description of new species and makes the phylogeny ambiguous.
Acaulospora brasiliensis was originally described as Ambispora brasiliensis in Brazil [95]; however, according to the analysis of a variant Scottish isolate with similar morphology, Kruger et al. [96] transferred A. brasiliensis to Acaulospora (Diversisporales). Phylogenetic analysis of the Brazilian fungus is not available; however, its morphology does indeed resemble Ambispora species, not Acaulospora. Additional analyses of the fungus isolated in Brazil are necessary to clarify this inconsistency between the morphologies of Brazilian and Scottish isolates.
Acaulospora terricola represents another problematic case that invites further scrutiny. The available morphological description in protologue does not allow conclusions regarding its membership to Acaulospora [92]. Unlike other Acaulospora species with molecular data available, A. terricola presents ornamentation in the inner layer of its spore wall. The closest morphological species is A. endographis, which, similar to other Acaulospora species, has three walls and beaded layers, and, as ornamentations, the inner layer of outer wall of spore wall presents dense spine projections. However, A. terricola presents a much more complex structure, with 10 layers in the spore wall, while A. endographis presents only four.
Acaulospora walkeri, in addition, requires elucidation regarding its spore wall structure. Originally, the fungus was described with only four layers distributed in two walls, but the pictures presented in protologue suggest three walls [94].
Taking all these exceptions into account, we can rule out any morphological characteristic, to date, as being a real apomorphy of the Acaulospora genus. The molecular markers appear to present a better resolution. Our analyses showed a robust resolution for the monophyly of this genus, because, as stated previously, a few sparse cases in our analyses remained polyphyletic.
Poor-quality or insufficiently annotated sequences in GenBank may present another problem that would corroborate the occurrence of polyphyletic species in phylogenies. By applying a similarity cut-off of 98% for all downloaded sequences, we concluded that some may present entirely different nucleotides for the SSU and LSU regions. Indeed, in our first phylogenies, these sequences did not group even within the Acaulospora genus (data not shown). We call them “contaminating sequences”, as they completely altered our alignment. The access number of these sequences in GenBank are as follows: Z14006.1, NG_062371.1, HE610427.1, Y17633.2, AJ306439.1, FJ009670.1, NG_062381.1, Z14005.1, corresponding to the species A. colombiana, A. cavernata, A. lacunosa, A. laevis, A. longula, A. mellea, A. spinosa and A. rugosa, respectively. It is possible that they are sequences from other genera of Glomeromycota that have mistakenly been identified as Acaulospora.
Therefore, the aforementioned discrepancies warrant further investigation when studying Acaulospora species. Despite the high phylogenetic support of the genus, the resolution of some species relationships is still a challenge, perhaps due to factors such as cryptic speciation, phenotypic plasticity and genetic homoplasic polymorphism. To solve this enigma, more genes, such as RPB1, Alfa tubulin and Beta tubulin, should be sequenced and used in a multi-locus approach.

6. Conclusions

Acaulospora species are found in 61 countries around the world, foremost in temperate and tropical zones with the greatest record of diversity of this genus. Brazil is the country with the highest recorded diversity (43/60), showcasing a great potential for describing new species of Acaulospora and other AMF.
For the Acaulospora genus, the nrDNA tree containing SSU, ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2 and LSU gene sequences proved to be superior as compared to the concatenated analysis and the ITS-only tree, due to the lowest number of polyphyletic species found in this phylogeny. This polyphylism may be due to the occurrence of morphospecies or the poorly annotated sequences in the databases.
The phylogenetic trees revealed the homoplasic nature of the spore wall ornamentation in Acaulospora genus, indicating that it ought not to be used as a phylogenetic marker. We supported the inclusion of Kuklospora species as belonging to Acaulospora, using a robust phylogenetic analysis of the nrDNA region. Further molecular analysis is required to clarify the position and phylogenetic relationship of K. spinosa.
Lastly, we emphasize the importance of genome sequencing of more AMF species, as well as the sequencing of other markers for robust multi-locus phylogenies and, therefore, a better understanding of the evolution of these fungi as a starting point for clarifying the possible ecological meanings of morphological convergences, such as the ornamentation found among the species from the Acaulospora genus studied here.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/jof8090892/s1, Figure S1: Preliminary phylogenetic tree of the species of Acaulospora, using partial SSU. The support values are maximum likelihood (ML), and the outgroup are species Sacculospora baltica and Sacculospora felinovii; Figure S2: Preliminary phylogenetic tree of the species of Acaulospora, using partial LSU. The support values are maximum likelihood (ML), and the outgroup are species Sacculospora baltica and Sacculospora felinovii; Supplementary Material 3: fasta file of partial ssu, 5.8 s, partial lsu tree; Supplementary Material 4: fasta file of its tree; Supplementary Material 5: fasta file of concatenated tree.

Author Contributions

The first draft of the manuscript and conceptualization of the article: K.J.G.d.S. Resources and revision: K.J.G.d.S. and L.B.A.L. Phylogenetic analyses: K.J.G.d.S., J.A.L.F. and F.M. Morphological analyses: K.J.G.d.S. and B.T.G. Tables and figures: K.J.G.d.S., J.A.L.F. and L.B.A.L. Comments, revision and editing of previous versions of the manuscript: F.M., B.T.G. and R.C.T. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for providing PhD scholarship to KJG Silva and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) that provided research grants to BT Goto (proc. 311945/2019).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The databases consulted were NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ accessed on 20 October 2020); EMBL (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ accessed on 20 October 2020); GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/search?q=Acaulospora accessed on 20 October 2020); BLOYD SYSTEMS (http://boldsystems.org/index.php accessed on 20 October 2020); MaarJAM (https://maarjam.botany.ut.ee accessed on 20 October 2020) and MYCOBANK Database (https://www.mycobank.org/page/Basic%20names%20search accessed on 20 October 2020).

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the contribution of D.C. Dore with respect to the English grammar of this manuscript and we also thank the Postgraduate Program in Systematics and Evolution.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Spore wall ornamentations in Acaulospora species. (A) Smooth outer layer in A. morrowiae. (B) Cerebriform ornamentation in A. rhemii. (C) Spinose ornamentation in A. tuberculata. (D) Double ornamentation in A. elegans. (E) Spinose projection of the inner layers in A. endographis. (F) Denticulate (teeth) ornamentation in A. denticulata. (G) Dense irregular pits in A. herrerae. (H) Pits in the A. foveata. (I) Double ornamentation in A. bireticulata. Scale bars in (A,C,D,G–I) represent 10 µm. Scale bars in (B,E,F) represent 5 µm.
Figure 1. Spore wall ornamentations in Acaulospora species. (A) Smooth outer layer in A. morrowiae. (B) Cerebriform ornamentation in A. rhemii. (C) Spinose ornamentation in A. tuberculata. (D) Double ornamentation in A. elegans. (E) Spinose projection of the inner layers in A. endographis. (F) Denticulate (teeth) ornamentation in A. denticulata. (G) Dense irregular pits in A. herrerae. (H) Pits in the A. foveata. (I) Double ornamentation in A. bireticulata. Scale bars in (A,C,D,G–I) represent 10 µm. Scale bars in (B,E,F) represent 5 µm.
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Figure 2. Global distribution of Acaulospora species. The numbers indicate the total Acaulospora species in the ten countries with the highest occurrence rates.
Figure 2. Global distribution of Acaulospora species. The numbers indicate the total Acaulospora species in the ten countries with the highest occurrence rates.
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Figure 3. Phylogenetic tree of Acaulospora species using nrDNA sequences (partial SSU, ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2 and partial LSU). The alignment was performed and contained twenty-nine Acaulospora species and two Sacculospora species as outgroups. The support values are Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML), respectively, with values equal to or higher than 0.95 for BI and 70 for ML considered significant. Sacculospora baltica and Sacculospora felinovii were included as outgroups. Blue—smooth spores; Green—projection-shaped ornamentation; Red—depression-shaped ornamentation; Grey—outgroup.
Figure 3. Phylogenetic tree of Acaulospora species using nrDNA sequences (partial SSU, ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2 and partial LSU). The alignment was performed and contained twenty-nine Acaulospora species and two Sacculospora species as outgroups. The support values are Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML), respectively, with values equal to or higher than 0.95 for BI and 70 for ML considered significant. Sacculospora baltica and Sacculospora felinovii were included as outgroups. Blue—smooth spores; Green—projection-shaped ornamentation; Red—depression-shaped ornamentation; Grey—outgroup.
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Figure 4. Phylogenetic tree using complete ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequences from thirty-five Acaulospora species and two Sacculospora species as outgroups. The support values are Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML), respectively, with values ≥0.95 for BI and ≥70 for ML considered significant.
Figure 4. Phylogenetic tree using complete ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequences from thirty-five Acaulospora species and two Sacculospora species as outgroups. The support values are Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML), respectively, with values ≥0.95 for BI and ≥70 for ML considered significant.
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Figure 5. Phylogenetic tree using all available nrDNA sequences (partial SSU, ITS, partial LSU, SSU-ITS-LSU) in a concatenated analysis. Forty-three Acaulospora species were included, along with Sacculospora baltica and Sacculospora felinovii, as outgroups. The support values are Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML), respectively, with values ≥0.95 for BI and ≥70 for ML considered significant.
Figure 5. Phylogenetic tree using all available nrDNA sequences (partial SSU, ITS, partial LSU, SSU-ITS-LSU) in a concatenated analysis. Forty-three Acaulospora species were included, along with Sacculospora baltica and Sacculospora felinovii, as outgroups. The support values are Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML), respectively, with values ≥0.95 for BI and ≥70 for ML considered significant.
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Table 1. Morphologically analyzed species and their reference numbers.
Table 1. Morphologically analyzed species and their reference numbers.
SpeciesReference Number
Acaulospora alpinaUFRN-Fungos 3408
Acaulospora ignotaUFRN-Fungos 3409
Acaulospora denticulataUFRN-Fungos 3410
Acaulospora excavataUFRN-Fungos 3411
Acaulospora elegansUFRN-Fungos 3412
Acaulospora foveataUFRN-Fungos 3413
Acaulospora herreraeUFRN-Fungos 3414
Acaulospora laevisUFRN-Fungos 3415
Acaulospora lacunosaUFRN-Fungos 3416
Acaulospora melleaUFRN-Fungos 3417
Acaulospora morrowiaeUFRN-Fungos 3418
Acaulospora reductaUFRN-Fungos 3419
Acaulospora rugosaUFRN-Fungos 3420
Acaulospora scrobiculataUFRN-Fungos 3421
Acaulospora spinosaUFRN-Fungos 3422
Acaulospora spinosissimaUFRN-Fungos 2965
Acaulospora sporocarpiaOSC, Oregon, 47836 1
Acaulospora tuberculataUFRN-Fungos 3423
1 Isotype.
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Table 2. Description and classification of ornaments of the Acaulospora species.
Table 2. Description and classification of ornaments of the Acaulospora species.
SpeciesOrnateTypeShapeOriginal Description
Acaulospora alpinaYesDepressionsPitsregular conical pits
Acaulospora asperaYesDepressionsPitsirregular depressions
Acaulospora baeticaYesDepressionsPitspitted
Acaulospora bireticulataYesDouble depressionsDepressed with central stratumpolygonal reticulum depressed central stratum; ridges occasionally branched forming irregular isolated projections
Acaulospora brasiliensisYesProjectionsPustulesconvex pustules irregular shape and size
Acaulospora capsiculaNo---------
Acaulospora cavernataYesDepressionsPitsevenly pitted deep depressions separated by ridges
Acaulospora colliculosaYesProjectionsProtuberancesprotuberances
Acaulospora colombianaNo---------
Acaulospora colossicaNo---------
Acaulospora delicataNo---------
Acaulospora denticulataYesProjectionsTeethtooth-shaped projections circular or oblong
Acaulospora dilatataNo---------
Acaulospora endographisYesProjectionsSpinesirregular spines
Acaulospora elegansYesProjectionsSpinesornamented with crowded densely organized spines
Acaulospora entrerianaYesProjectionsTeethornamented with teeth
Acaulospora excavataYesDepressionsPitsconcave round pits
Acaulospora fanjingNo---------
Acaulospora flavaNo---------
Acaulospora flavopapillosaYesProjectionsPapillaefine papillae
Acaulospora foveataYesDepressionsPitsround to oblong and concave depressions
Acaulospora fragilissimaNo---------
Acaulospora gedanensisNo---------
Acaulospora herreraeYesDepressionsPitsrounded to elliptical pits some pits vermiform or regulate
Acaulospora ignotaYesProjectionsExcrescencesgranular excrescences
Acaulospora kentinensisYesDepressionsPitspits circular to subcircular deep when observed in cross view
Acaulospora koreanaNo---------
Acaulospora koskeiNo---------
Acaulospora lacunosaYesDepressionsPitsirregularly distributed irregular saucer-shaped pits
Acaulospora laevisNo---------
Acaulospora longulaNo---------
Acaulospora melleaNo---------
Acaulospora minutaYesDepressionsPitsminute pit-like depressions
Acaulospora morrowiaeNo---------
Acaulospora nivalisYesDepressionsPitsirregular pits
Acaulospora papillosaNo---------
Acaulospora paulinaeYesDepressionsPitsconcave round pits of widest diameter
Acaulospora punctataYesDepressionsPitsregular round pits
Acaulospora pustulataYesProjectionsBlisterpustulate projections
Acaulospora reductaYesDepressionsPitsirregularly-shaped small pits sometimes dumbbell-shaped pits
Acaulospora rehmiiYesProjectionsCerebriformcerebriform folds
Acaulospora rugosaNo---------
Acaulospora saccataNo---------
Acaulospora scrobiculataYesDepressionsPitsornamented with evenly distributed pits, circular ellipsoidal oblong triangular Y-shaped to irregular
Acaulospora sieverdingiiYesDepressionsPitsirregular pits
Acaulospora soloideaYesProjectionsBristleornamented with numerous acellular fibrillose hairy outgrowths forming a pile or thick coat
Acaulospora spinosaYesProjectionsSpinesdensely organized spines
Acaulospora spinosissimaYesProjectionsSpinesshort spiny projections
Acaulospora spinuliferaYesProjectionsSpinesfine spines
Acaulospora splendidaNo---------
Acaulospora sporocarpiaNo---------
Acaulospora taiwaniaYesDepressionsPitsside pits ridges form mesh
Acaulospora tsugaeNo---------
Acaulospora terricolaYesDepressionsPitsminutely pitted
Acaulospora tortuosaYesProjectionsExcrescencestortuous hyphae-like structures on the surface
Acaulospora thomiiNo---------
Acaulospora tuberculataYesProjectionsSpines/Tuberclesornamented with evenly spines or tubercles
Acaulospora viridisNo---------
Acaulospora vernaYesDepressionsPitsornamented with evenly distributed pits, circular to subcircular frequently ellipsoidal to oblong sometimes irregular
Acaulospora walkeriYesProjectionsExcrescencesfinely ornamented
Kuklospora spinosaYesProjectionsSpinesfine spines
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Table 3. Overview of the species transferred from Acaulospora to other genera.
Table 3. Overview of the species transferred from Acaulospora to other genera.
Original NameDescriptionCurrent NameDescriptionAuthors
≡Acaulospora appendicula1984Ambispora appendicula2008(Spain, Sieverd. & N.C. Schenck) C. Walker
≡Acaulospora gerdemannii1979Ambispora jimgerdemannii2008(Spain, Oehl & Sieverd.) C. Walker
≡Acaulospora myriocarpa1986Archaeospora myriocarpa2011(Spain, Sieverd. & N.C. Schenck) Oehl, G.A. Silva, B.T. Goto & Sieverd.
≡Acaulospora nicolsonii1984Ambispora nicolsonii2012(C. Walker, L.E. Reed & F.E. Sanders) Oehl, G.A. Silva, B.T. Goto & Sieverd.
≡Acaulospora trappei1976Archaeospora trappei2001(R.N. Ames & Linderman) J.B. Morton & D. Redecker
≡Acaulospora undulata1988Archaeospora undulata2011(Sieverd.) Sieverd., G.A. Silva, B.T. Goto & Oehl
≡Ambispora brasiliensis2008Acaulospora brasiliensis2011(B.T. Goto, L.C. Maia & Oehl) C. Walker, Krüger & Schüßler
≡Acaulospora polonica1988Polonospora polonica2021(Błaszk.) Błaszk., Niezgoda,
B.T. Goto & Magurno
Table
Table 4. Global distribution of Acaulospora species and sequences available in online databases. (Available in: NCBI, EMBL, GBIF, BLOYD SYSTEMS, MaarJAM, MYCOBANK).
Table 4. Global distribution of Acaulospora species and sequences available in online databases. (Available in: NCBI, EMBL, GBIF, BLOYD SYSTEMS, MaarJAM, MYCOBANK).
N°AMF SpeciesOccurrenceSequenceReference
1Acaulospora alpina Oehl, Sýkorová & Sieverd.England, Switzerland, India, BrazilSSU-ITS-LSU[52]
2Acaulospora aspera Corazon-Guivin, Oehl & G.A. SilvaPeruSSU-ITS-LSU[53]
3Acaulospora baetica Palenz., Oehl, Azcón-Aguilar & G.A. Silva.Spain, BrazilSSU-ITS-LSU[54]
4Acaulospora bireticulata F.M. Rothwell & TrappeBrazil, Argentina, England, South Korea, Poland, Egypt, India, United States, China, Italy---[37,55]
5Acaulospora brasiliensis (B.T. Goto, L.C. Maia & Oehl) C. Walker, Krüger & SchüßlerBrazil, Scotland, Argentina, South KoreaSSU-ITS-LSU[56,57]
6Acaulospora capsicula Błaszk.Australia, England, Poland, China, Brazil, Egypt, India, United States, Switzerland---[58]
7Acaulospora cavernata Błaszk.Poland, Brazil, Benin, China, SwitzerlandSSU-ITS-LSU[59]
8Acaulospora colliculosa Kaonongbua, J.B. Morton & BeverUnited States, EnglandLSU[48]
9Acaulospora colombiana (Spain & N.C. Schenck) Kaonongbua, J.B. Morton & BeverColombia, Brazil, India, Philippines, Benin, Germany, SwitzerlandSSU-ITS-LSU; ORF1 gene cox1; Beta Tubulin; gene CHS[48]
10Acaulospora colossica P.A. Schultz, Bever & J.B. MortonUnited States, BrazilSSU 1-ITS[60]
11Acaulospora delicata C. Walker,
C.M. Pfeiffer & Bloss		Australia, Argentina, Brazil, China, United States, Spain, Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, England, Senegal, Venezuela, Poland, India, IcelandSSU-ITS-LSU[61]
12Acaulospora denticulata Sieverd. & S. ToroArgentina, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, South Africa, China, India, Canada, KenyaITS[62]
13Acaulospora dilatata J.B. MortonArgentina, United States, New Zealand, South Atlantic, Venezuela, Brazil, IndiaSSU; LSU; Beta tubulin[63]
14Acaulospora endographis B.T. GotoBrazil---[49]
15Acaulospora elegans Trappe & Gerd.United States, Indonesia, Poland, Brazil, South Korea, Argentina, India, South Africa, SwitzerlandLSU[27]
16Acaulospora entreriana M.S. Velázquez & CabelloArgentina, BrazilSSU-ITS-LSU[64]
17Acaulospora excavata Ingleby & C. WalkerAustralia, Argentina, Ivory Coast, Spain, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, BrazilITS[65]
18Acaulospora fanjing R.J. He, L.M. Yao & L. JiangChinaSSU-ITS-LSU[66]
19Acaulospora flava Corazon-Guivin, G.A. Silva & OehlPeruSSU-ITS-LSU[67]
20Acaulospora flavopapillosa Corazon-Guivin, G.A. Silva & OehlPeruSSU-ITS-LSU[68]
21Acaulospora foveata Trappe & JanosAustralia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, England, Congo, Poland, Panama, Indonesia, South Korea, Argentina, IndiaSSU-ITS-LSU[69]
22Acaulospora fragilissima D. Redecker, Crossay & CiliaNew Caledonia, PeruSSU-ITS-LSU; Beta tubulin; ORF1 gene cox1[70]
23Acaulospora gedanensis Błaszk.Poland, Brazil, Austria, Switzerland---[71]
24Acaulospora herrerae Furrazola, B.T. Goto, G.A. Silva, Sieverd. & OehlBrazil, Cuba, PeruLSU[72]
25Acaulospora ignota Błaszk., Góralska, Chwat & B.T. GotoBrazilSSU-ITS-LSU[73]
26Acaulospora kentinensis (Wu & Liu) Oehl & Sieverd.Taiwan, Brazil, BeninSSU-ITS-LSU; ORF1 gene cox1; Beta Tubulin[48]
27Acaulospora koreana E. H. Lee, S. H. Park & A. HNorth KoreaSSU-ITS-LSU[74]
28Acaulospora koskei Błaszk.Australia, Spain, Poland, Brazil, Estonia, Egypt, India, Cameroon, EnglandSSU-ITS-LSU; Beta tubulin[75]
29Acaulospora lacunosa J.B. MortonArgentina, United States, New Zealand, Venezuela, Brazil, Poland, Denmark, India, Kenya, ChinaSSU-ITS-LSU; Beta tubulin; HSP60 gene[63]
30Acaulospora laevis Gerd. & TrappeAustralia, Argentina, China, Ecuador, United States, New Zealand, England, Brazil, South Korea, Egypt, India, Mexico, Iceland, France, Germany, Greece, Benin, Switzerland, Israel, South AfricaSSU-ITS-LSU; Beta tubulin; RPB1; mRNA gene Ste12; Alfa tubulin;ef1 Alpha[27]
31Acaulospora longula Spain & N.C. SchenckAustralia, Germany, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, England, Uganda, Venezuela, South Korea, India, SwitzerlandSSU; LSU; RPB1[76]
32Acaulospora mellea Spain & N.C. SchenckGermany, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, China, United States, Mexico, Poland, India, Canada, Denmark, Benin, Cameroon, SwitzerlandSSU-ITS-LSU; Beta tubulin; ORF1 gene cox1[76]
33Acaulospora minuta Oehl, Tchabi, Hount., Palenz., I.C. Sánchez & G.A. SilvaBenin, BrazilSSU-ITS-LSU[77]
34Acaulospora morrowiae Spain &N.C. SchenckColombia, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Poland, South Korea, Namibia, India, Niger, Mali, France, Germany, Switzerland, Benin, Cameroon, ChinaSSU; LSU; SSU-ITS; ITS-LSU 1; Beta tubulin; glomalin cDNA; HSP60 gene[76]
35Acaulospora nivalis Oehl, Palenz., I.C. Sánchez, G.A. Silva & Sieverd.Switzerland, BrazilSSU-ITS-LSU[78]
36Acaulospora papillosa C.M.R. Pereira & OehlBrazil, NorwaySSU-ITS-LSU[79]
37Acaulospora paulinae Błaszk.Brazil, Poland, United States, India, Germany, France, Switzerland, IsraelITS2-LSU; SSU-ITS1; SSU-ITS[80]
38Acaulospora punctata Oehl, Palenz., I.C. Sánchez, G.A. Silva, C. Castillo & Sieverd.Brazil, Switzerland, ChileSSU-ITS-LSU[81]
39Acaulospora pustulata Palenz., Oehl, Azcon-Aguilar & G.A. SilvaSpain, SwitzerlandSSU-ITS-LSU[82]
40Acaulospora reducta Oehl, B.T. Goto & C.M.R. PereiraBrazilSSU 1-ITS-LSU 1[83]
41Acaulospora rehmii Sieverd. & S. ToroBrazil, Mexico, South Korea, Argentina, Poland, Colombia, Taiwan, Egypt, India, China---[62]
42Acaulospora rugosa J.B. MortonBrazil, United States, South Korea, Poland, India, IranSSU-ITS-LSU[63]
43Acaulospora saccata D. Redecker, Crossay & CiliaNew CaledoniaSSU-ITS-LSU[70]
44Acaulospora scrobiculata TrappeBrazil, England, Mexico, Australia, Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago, Spain, Argentina, Venezuela, United States, Thailand, Japan, Philippines, Poland, Canada, Israel, Greece, Italy, Cameroon, China, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Benin, Finland, Kenya, Switzerland, NepalSSU-ITS-LSU; Beta tubulin; gene CHS[84]
45Acaulospora sieverdingii Oehl, Sýkorová & Błaszk.Brazil, Germany, Poland, Italy, Northern Guinea, Southern Guinea, Benin, France, Sudan, SwitzerlandITS[47]
46Acaulosporasoloidea Vaingankar & B.F. RodriguesIndia, Egypt---[85]
47Acaulospora spinosa C. Walker & TrappeUnited States, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Ecuador, China, India, Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, Switzerland, NepalSSU-ITS-LSU[86]
48Acaulospora spinosissima Oehl, Palenz., Sánchez-Castro, Tchabi, Hount. & G. A. SilvaSudan, South Africa, Northern Guinea, Southern Guinea, Switzerland, Benin, BrazilSSU-ITS-LSU[53]
49Acaulospora spinulifera Oehl, V.M. Santos, J.S. Pontes & G.A. SilvaBrazilLSU[87]
50Acaulospora splendida Sieverd.,
Chaverri & I. Rojas		Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Egypt, Brazil---[88]
51Acaulospora sporocarpia S.M. BerchEngland, Switzerland, United States, Pakistan, Egypt, India, Brazil---[89]
52Acaulospora taiwania H.T. HuTaiwan---[90]
53Acaulospora tsugae T.C.Lin & OehlTaiwan, SwitzerlandSSU 1-ITS-LSU 1[91]
54Acaulospora terricola Swarupa, Kunwar & ManoharIndia---[92]
55Acaulospora tortuosa Palenz., Oehl, Azcon-Aguilar & G.A.SilvaSpain, SwitzerlandSSU-ITS-LSU[82]
56Acaulospora thomii Błaszk.Poland, Egypt, India, Switzerland---[71]
57Acaulospora tuberculata Janos & TrappeBrazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama, China, Egypt, IndiaLSU[69]
58Acaulospora viridis Palenz., Oehl, Azcón-Aguilar & G.A.SilvaSpainSSU-ITS-LSU[93]
59Acaulospora verna Błaszk.Poland---[37]
60Acaulospora walker Kramad. & HedgerAustralia, Indonesia, Brazil---[94]
Kuklospora spinosa B.P. Cai, Jun Y. Chen, Q.X. Zhang & L.D. GuoChina---[95]
1 Short sequences with less than 50 bp.
Table
Table 5. Sequences used in phylogenetic analyses.
Table 5. Sequences used in phylogenetic analyses.
Access Number SequenceConcatenated AnalysisSSU-ITS-LSUITS1-5.8S-ITS2
KX355819_Sacculospora_balticaxxx
KX355818_Sacculospora_balticaxxx
KX355821_Sacculospora_balticaxxx
KX345938_Sacculospora_felinoviixxx
KX345939_Sacculospora_felinoviixxx
KX345941_Sacculospora_felinoviixxx
FR681927_Acaulospora_alpinaxxx
FR681928_Acaulospora_alpinaxxx
FR681930_Acaulospora_alpinaxxx
MN080998_Acaulospora_asperaxxx
MN081001_Acaulospora_asperaxxx
MN080999_Acaulospora_asperaxxx
LN810999_Acaulospora_baeticaxxx
LN811001_Acaulospora_baeticaxxx
LN811002_Acaulospora_baeticaxxx
FN825910_Acaulospora_brasiliensisxxx
FR681934_Acaulospora_brasiliensisxxx
FR681933_Acaulospora_brasiliensisxxx
FM876789_Acaulospora_cavernataxxx
FM876790_Acaulospora_cavernataxxx
FM876788_Acaulospora_cavernataxxx
AF133764_Acaulospora_colossicaxxx
AF133768_Acaulospora_colossicaxxx
AF133776_Acaulospora_colossicaxxx
GU326339_Acaulospora_colliculosax
GU326346_Acaulospora_colliculosax
GU326352_Acaulospora_colliculosax
FR750063_Acaulospora_colombianaxxx
FJ461804_Acaulospora_colombianax
KX168435_Acaulospora_colombianax
JF439093_Acaulospora_delicataxxx
JF439203_Acaulospora_delicataxxx
MT832212_Acaulospora_dilatatax
FJ461792_Acaulospora_dilatatax
AJ239115_Acaulospora_denticulatax x
MT112118_Acaulospora_denticulatax x
FR750173_Acaulospora_entrerianaxxx
FR750171_Acaulospora_entrerianaxxx
FR750169_Acaulospora_entrerianaxxx
KM057069_Acaulospora_excavatax x
KM057074_Acaulospora_excavatax x
KM057076_Acaulospora_excavatax x
KY362433_Acaulospora_fragilissimaxxx
KY362432_Acaulospora_fragilissimaxxx
KY362431_Acaulospora_fragilissimaxxx
LN736022_Acaulospora_foveataxxx
LN736026_Acaulospora_foveataxxx
LN736025_Acaulospora_foveatax
JX135571_Acaulospora_herreraex
JX135569_Acaulospora_herreraex
JX135573_Acaulospora_herreraex
KP191468_Acaulospora_ignotaxxx
KP191471_Acaulospora_ignotaxxx
KP191472_Acaulospora_ignotaxxx
FM876830_Acaulospora_kentinensisxxx
FM876822_Acaulospora_kentinensisxxx
FN547520_Acaulospora_kentinensisxxx
KP191475_Acaulospora_koskeixxx
KP191474_Acaulospora_koskeixxx
KP191476_Acaulospora_koskeixxx
KY565428_Acaulospora_koreanaxxx
KY565427_Acaulospora_koreanaxxx
KY565429_Acaulospora_koreanaxxx
KP756438_Acaulospora_laevisxxx
KP756447_Acaulospora_laevisxxx
FN547512_Acaulospora_laevisxxx
KP756427_Acaulospora_lacunosaxxx
KP756435_Acaulospora_lacunosaxxx
KP756584_Acaulospora_lacunosaxxx
AM040291_Acaulospora_longulax
AM040292_Acaulospora_longulax
AJ510228_Acaulospora_longulax
AF389007_Acaulospora_longulax
KP756453_Acaulospora_melleaxxx
KP756456_Acaulospora_melleaxxx
KP756471_Acaulospora_melleaxxx
FR869691_Acaulospora_minutaxxx
FR821675_Acaulospora_minutaxxx
FR821674_Acaulospora_minutaxxx
AJ242500_Acaulospora_morrowiaex x
HE603641_Acaulospora_nivalisxxx
HE603643_Acaulospora_nivalisxxx
HE603644_Acaulospora_nivalisxxx
AJ891120_Acaulospora_paulinaex x
AJ891119_Acaulospora_paulinaex x
AY639265_Acaulospora_paulinaex x
LN884304_Acaulospora_papillosaxxx
LN884303_Acaulospora_papillosaxxx
LN884302_Acaulospora_papillosaxxx
FR846382_Acaulospora_punctataxxx
FR846384_Acaulospora_punctataxxx
FR846385_Acaulospora_punctataxxx
HF567941_Acaulospora_pustulataxxx
HF567939_Acaulospora_pustulataxxx
HF567938_Acaulospora_pustulataxxx
KM057064_Acaulospora_reductax x
KM057066_Acaulospora_reductax x
KM057063_Acaulospora_reductax x
LN881566_Acaulospora_rugosaxxx
LN881565_Acaulospora_rugosaxxx
LN881564_Acaulospora_rugosaxxx
KY362428_Acaulospora_saccataxxx
KY362430_Acaulospora_saccataxxx
KY362429_Acaulospora_saccataxxx
FR692352_Acaulospora_scrobiculataxxx
FR692354_Acaulospora_scrobiculataxxx
FR692350_Acaulospora_scrobiculataxxx
AM076384_Acaulospora_sieverdingiix x
AM076382_Acaulospora_sieverdingiix x
FR750153_Acaulospora_spinosaxxx
FR750156_Acaulospora_spinosaxxx
FR750152_Acaulospora_spinosaxxx
HG422734_Acaulospora_spinosissimaxxx
HG422733_Acaulospora_spinosissimaxxx
HG422732_Acaulospora_spinosissimaxxx
KY413817_Acaulospora_spinuliferax
KY413815_Acaulospora_spinuliferax
KY413814_Acaulospora_spinuliferax
HF567933_Acaulospora_tortuosaxxx
HF567937_Acaulospora_tortuosaxxx
HF567936_Acaulospora_tortuosaxxx
MH045497_Acaulospora_tsugaex x
MH045498_Acaulospora_tsugaex x
MH333280_Acaulospora_tsugaex x
AF378440_Acaulospora_tuberculatax
FJ461799_Acaulospora_tuberculataxxx
MT832207_Acaulospora_tuberculataxxx
HG421736_Acaulospora_viridisxxx
HG421738_Acaulospora_viridisxxx
HG421737_Acaulospora_viridisxxx
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