Claim · model-written summary
Sequence analysis identified the alga as Cephaleuros virescens at greater than 98% identity.
- Taxon
- African mahogany
Khaya ivorensist0 - Interactor
- Cephaleuros virescens
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Cephaleuros virescense0pathogen - Gene
- 18S rRNA genee0
- Outcome
- confirmed the species as Cephaleuros virescense0
- Value
- >98% identitye0
Not reportedMaterialCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“African mahogany”
e0“Phylogenetic analysis of the 18S rRNA gene sequence (GenBank MH042530) confirmed the species as Cephaleuros virescens with >98% identity.”
Title
Fabíola Teodoro Pereira; Natália Cassia de Faria Ferreira; Ângelo Márcio da Silva Fuzzo; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2026. doi:10.3389/fpls.2026.1794889
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Method / resource A liquid-to-solid transition yielded pure colonies from symptomatic mahogany leaves.
- Method / resource Direct isolation on the tested solid substrates failed.
- Intervention effect Surface disinfestation enhanced algal development relative to untreated fragments.
- Observation The authors report C. virescens causing leaf spot on K. ivorensis in the Brazilian Cerrado for the first time.