“…As such, nomenclature systems based on multilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemes incorporating sequence analysis of 2 to 5 genetic loci have been developed to classify a number of Fusarium species complexes according to genotype or haplotype (7,9,12,15,23,24,27). This approach has further revealed the necessity of developing species and sequence type (ST) nomenclatures to designate cryptic speciation within the FSSC (2,9,20,24,27,42), F. oxysporum species complex (FOSC) (22,26,27), Gibberella (Fusarium) fujikuroi species complex (GFSC) (21,27), F. dimerum species complex (FDSC) (23,27,33), F. chlamydosporum species complex (FCSC) and F. incarnatum-F. equiseti species complex (FIESC) (25,27), F. sambucinum species complex (FSAMSC), and F. tricinctum species complex (FTSC) (27). Recently, O'Donnell et al evaluated a new 3-locus MLST scheme incorporating the partial translation elongation factor 1 alpha gene (EF-1␣), the largest subunit of the RNA polymerase gene (RPB1), and the second largest subunit of the RNA polymerase gene (RPB2) loci to identify with good discriminatory capacity 69 Fusarium species within the FCSC, FDSC, FIESC, FOSC, FSAMSC, FSSC, and GFSC (27).…”