Morphology and Multi-Gene Phylogeny Reveal a New Species of Family Torulaceae from Yunnan Province, China
, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena 2,3,7, Vinodhini Thiyagaraja 1, Qi Zhao 1, Al-Otibi Fatimah 8 and Kevin D. Hyde 1,2,3,8,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsIntroduction is so long
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Comment 1: Family
Response 1: has added. Morphology and Multi-gene Phylogeny Reveal A New Species of Family Torulaceae from Yunnan Province, China (Page 1, Row 4)
Comment 2: Family, Order, Class
Response 2: has added. The Family Torulaceae belongs to Order Pleosporales (Class Dothideomycetes) and mainly com-prises saprobes. (Page 1, Row 21).
Comment 3: Family
Response 3: has added. The family Torulaceae was introduced by…. (Page 1, Row 37).
Comment 4: 4-6
Response 4: has check. ….revised in several articles [3,4–6,9]. (Page 1, Row 45).
Comment 5: Italic in the tex
Response: I checked the text and I don't think the family names need to be italic. (Page 1, Row 54).
Comment 6: Who reported this
Response 6: I'm sorry I didn't understand this comment. Torulaceae includes 7 genera, which were also proposed by different people. I cited references after this paragraph, so I don't quite understand "Who reported this" (Page 1, Row 55).
Comment 7: N.
Response 7: has checked. N. aquatica (Page 2, Row 67).
Comment 8: dot .
Response: has checked. (Page 2, Row 70).
Comment 9: Are you tested the fungi in the current work for production these compound, if no this paragraph must be deleted
Response 9: has remove and update reference (Page 2, Row 76-84).
Comment 10: what the mean of this paper
Response 10: I am sorry I didn't check it carefully, now I have check it. ….moistened tissue paper at room temperature for 10 days. (Page 3, Row 96).
Response 11: has checked. Pure cultures were obtained via single spore isolation on Potato dextrose agar (PDA) and the germinating conidia were photographed using the compound microscope. (Page 3, Row 103)
Response 12: has checked. (Page 4, Row 167)
Response 14: has checked. Saprobic on terrestrial…. (Page 7, Row 213)
Response 15: Already checked according to the journal format (Page 15, Row 473)
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsMinor errors are highlighted in the ms.
a) Torulaceae was expanded to comprise seven contrasting genera; b) The second species of Rutola (R. kunmingensis) is proposed for science; c) Torula sundara and T. longiconidiophora form a monophyletic clade in Torula; they might be conspecific; d) Authors recommended combining five genetic markers (ITS, 18S, 28S, rpb2, and tef1) to identify species within Torulaceae.
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Comment 1: Italics
Response 1: has checked. Ziziphus mauritiana (Page 1, Row 43)
Comment 2: N.
Response 2: has checked. N. aquatica (Page 2, Row 67).
Comment 3: Italics
Response 3: has checked. Torula sundara (Page 6, Row 202).
Comment 4: On ...
Response 4: has checked. on dead stem of Typha sp (Page 8, Row 248).
Comment 5: On ...
Response: has checked. on dead stem of decaying wood (Page 12, Row 352).
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
In the article "Morphology and Multigene Phylogeny Reveal A New Species of Torulaceae from Yunnan Province, China," He et al. employed a multigene phylogenetic approach using molecular markers such as ITS, 28S, 18S, translational elongation factor, and RNA polymerase elongation factor. Their ML and Bayesian analyses revealed new species belonging to Torulaceae - Rutola kunmingensis and Torula sundara species.
The authors resolved the taxonomy and identified the new species using morphological and molecular approaches using a set of standard molecular markers. They presented the work concisely and methodically. I appreciate the authors' effort; the work is a significant contribution.
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Thank you for your comment.
