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Table 2 Summary of mitochondrial intron distribution, and origin and mobility hypotheses

From: Evolution of Fusarium tricinctum and Fusarium avenaceum mitochondrial genomes is driven by mobility of introns and of a new type of palindromic microsatellite repeats

A Mitochondrial intron distribution in fungal strains and percentage of nucleotide identity between orthologous sequences

Intron

Presence

InF. tricinctumcladea

InF. avenaceumcladea

In FTSC

In FSAMSC

In FOSC

In FFSC

In FSSC

In distant Ascomycota

cox2 i1

all

all but INRA 612

optional

Fcul, Fven, Fgra(95.7–96.2%)

0

0

0

N. cinnabarina(84.2%)

nad4L iFave1

0

all

optional

Fcul, Fven(91.7–96.9%)

0

0

0

T. asperellum(97.7%);H. minnesotensis(81.7%)

nad5 iFtri1

all

2 (INRA6, INRA 612)

optional

0

0

0

0

Pleosporineae sub-order (84.1–85.6%)

cob i1

5 strains (clade B)

all

optional

Fven(97.9%),Fgra, Fger(89.7%)

severalFoxy f.sp.

0

0

B. bassiana(81.9%)

cox1 iFave1

only INRA86

all

optional

Fcul, Fven, Fgra, Fger(94.5%)

0

Fman (95.1%), Ftem(93,7%)

0

E. typhina(84.2%)

cox1 iFtri1

all

0

optional

Fcul, Fven, Fgra, Fger(80.6%)

0

0

Fsol(94.4%)

A. aegerita(85.4%); Basidiomycota

cox1 i2

all

all

all

Fcul, Fven, Fgra, Fger(77.7%)

0

Fver, Ftem, Fcir(77.2%)

Fsol(93.0%)

0

cox1 i3

all

all

all

Fcul, Fven, Fgra, Fger(66.5%)

0

Ftem, Fcir(66.5%)

Fsol(96.0%)

Atub(86.6%)

cox1 i4

all

all

all

Fcul, Fven, Fgra, Fger(96.5%)

0

Ftem, Fcir(74.5%)

0

0

B Origin and mobility hypotheses for mitochondrial introns

Intron

Mobility (presence inFusariumgenus)

Origin hypothesis

Lateral transfer

cox2 i1

Yes (lost in INRA 612)

ancestral (inFusariumgenus)

unknown

nad4L iFave1

Yes (frequent loss)

ancestral (inFusariumgenus)

Yes (recent transfer withTasp)

nad5 iFtri1

yes (rare intron; frequent loss)

ancestral (in FTSC)

unknown

cob i1

Yes (loss in oneFtriclade)

ancestral (inFusariumgenus)

Yes (recent transfer withFven)

cox1 iFave1

Yes (loss and gain)

ancestral (inFusariumgenus)

Yes (recent transfer withFman)

cox1 iFtri1

Yes (loss inFave)

ancestral (inFusariumgenus)

Yes (recent transfer withFsol)

cox1 i2

Yes (loss and gain inFusariumgenus)

ancestral (inFusariumgenus)

Yes (recent transfer withFsol)

cox1 i3

Yes (loss and gain inFusariumgenus)

ancestral (inFusariumgenus)

Yes (recent transfer withAtub)

cox1 i4

Yes (loss and gain inFusariumgenus)

ancestral (inFusariumgenus)

unknown

  1. aPresence of the introns in the 14 F. tricinctum and 11 F. avenaceum studied strains; when applicable, ranges of percentage of nucleotide identity with species outside of F. tricinctum and F. avenaceum are given in parenthesis; FculF. culmorum, FvenF. venenatum, FgraF. graminearum, FgerF. gerlachii, FoxyF. oxysporum, FmanF. mangiferae, FtemF. temperatum, FcirF. circinatum, FsolF. solani, AtubAspergillus tubigensis, TaspTrichoderma asperellum