Drechmeria panacis sp. nov., an endophyte isolated from Panax notoginseng.

An endophytic strain (designated as strain SYPF 8335) was isolated from a root of Panax notoginseng in Wenshan district, Yunnan province of China. Strain SYPF 8335 grew very slowly and formed white colonies. Phylogenetic analysis of four loci indicated that strain SYPF 8335 was placed in the Drechmeria clade with Drechmeria campanulata as its closest phylogenetic neighbour.