scholarly journals Rhodotorula arctica sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast from Arctic soil

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1215-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Vishniac ◽  
M. Takashima

Three isolates, typified by Pro94 Y29T (=JCM 13290T =CBS 9278T =DBVPG 7841T), that represent a novel species, Rhodotorula arctica sp. nov., were studied. R. arctica differed from its only close relative, Bensingtonia yamatoana, by requiring thiamine and by failing to assimilate maltose and quinate, but strain Pro94 Y29T could be most readily identified using the rDNA sequence of the LSU D1/D2 region, which differed from that of B. yamatoana CBS 7423T at four positions, and the ITS sequence, which differed at nine positions. One R. arctica isolate, Pro94 Y56 (=JCM 13292 =CBS 9280 =DBVPG Y7843), was unique in requiring either l-arginine or l-citrulline as a source of nitrogen.

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 487 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
DIANA S. MARASINGHE ◽  
SINANG HONGSANAN ◽  
SARANYAPHAT BOONMEE ◽  
NING XIE

A novel species, Micropeltis goniothalamicola and a new record Scolecopeltidium menglaense were collected from Mae Fah Luang Botanical Gardens, Thailand. Our new taxon is different from other species in Micropeltis in having relatively smaller ascomata, 6–8-spored asci and 4–5-septate ascospores covering with mucilaginous sheath. Our new record, S. menglaense is the first host recorded from Jasmine grandiflorum (Oleaceae). Morphological comparison coupled with phylogenetic analysis of combined LSU and ITS sequence data provide evidence for the new species and new host record.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 348 (2) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHIKE HUANG ◽  
SAJEEWA S.N. MAHARACHCHIKUMBURA ◽  
RAJESH JEEWON ◽  
D JAYARAMA BHAT ◽  
RUNGTIWA PHOOKAMSAK ◽  
...  

In this paper, we report a new asexual-morph taxon belonging to the family Cordycipitaceae (Hypocreales), which is associated with a sexual morph of an ophioceras-like taxon on submerged wood collected from Baoshan, Yunnan, China. Morphologically, this new taxon is similar to known asexual morphs of Lecanicillium and characterized by conidiophores arising from hyaline hyphae, with gregarious, ellipsoid to ovoid, aseptate conidia. Phylogenetic analyses of a combined LSU, SSU, tef1-α and ITS sequence dataset positions our taxon in Cordycipitaceae and close to Lecanicillium sp. (CBS 639.85) and L. primulinum. Lecanicillium subprimulinum is introduced as a new species with support from molecular data.


2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 7626-7629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Sugita ◽  
Ken Kikuchi ◽  
Koichi Makimura ◽  
Kensaku Urata ◽  
Takashi Someya ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Yeasts from caves have rarely been examined. We examined yeasts collected from bat guano samples from 20 bat-inhabited limestone and volcanic caves located in 11 prefectures in Japan. Of ∼700 yeast-like colonies, nine Trichosporon species were recovered from 15 caves. Two of these were known species, and the remaining seven are potentially novel species, based on molecular phylogenetic analyses. In addition to Trichosporon species, identifiable strains of eight ascomycetous yeasts and one basidiomycetous yeast were recovered at frequencies of 5 to 35%. Our findings suggest that Trichosporon spp. are the major yeast species in bat guano in Japan and that bat guano is a potentially rich source of previously undescribed yeast species.


2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 975-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter J. Middelhoven ◽  
Gloria Scorzetti ◽  
Jack W. Fell

Phylogenetic trees of the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast genus Trichosporon Behrend, based on molecular sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region and the D1/D2 region of the large subunit of ribosomal (26S) DNA, are presented. This study includes three novel species from soils, Trichosporon vadense sp. nov. (type strain, CBS 8901T), Trichosporon smithiae sp. nov. (type strain, CBS 8370T) and Trichosporon gamsii sp. nov. (type strain, CBS 8245T), one novel species from an insect, Trichosporon scarabaeorum sp. nov. (type strain, CBS 5601T) and one species of unknown origin, Trichosporon dehoogii sp. nov. (type strain, CBS 8686T). The phylogenetic positions and physiological characteristics that distinguish the new taxa from related species, based partly on growth tests that are not traditionally used in yeast taxonomy (uric acid, ethylamine, l-4-hydroxyproline, tyramine and l-phenylalanine as sources of carbon and nitrogen, and polygalacturonate, quinate, 4-ethylphenol, phloroglucinol, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate and orcinol as sole carbon sources), are discussed. Assimilation of l-rhamnose and erythritol and maximum growth temperature were also used to delineate species.


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 1849-1853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felizitas Bajerski ◽  
Lars Ganzert ◽  
Kai Mangelsdorf ◽  
André Lipski ◽  
Dirk Wagner

A psychrotolerant, Gram-stain-positive, yellow-pigmented, aerobic rod, designated SK1T, was isolated from a soil sample collected from Store Koldewey, north-east Greenland. Cells were catalase- and methyl red-positive, produced H2S and produced acid from glucose, mannitol and salicin. Strain SK1T was able to grow between −6 and 28 °C, with an optimum at 20 °C. The isolate contained 2,4-diaminobutyrate, glycine, alanine and glutamic acid in the cell wall and the major menaquinones were MK-10 and MK-11. Identified polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 (53.5 %), anteiso-C17 : 0 (17.0 %) and C18 : 0 (12.1 %). The genomic DNA G+C content was 67.8 mol%. Strain SK1T showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Cryobacterium psychrotolerans 0549T (97.6 %) and Cryobacterium roopkundense RuGl7T (96.8 %). Considering morphological, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic characters and phylogenetic analysis, strain SK1T represents a novel species in the genus Cryobacterium, for which the name Cryobacterium arcticum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SK1T ( = DSM 22823T  = NCCB 100316T).


2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 4496-4501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Zhou ◽  
Bi-Si Jia ◽  
Yu-Guang Zhou ◽  
Ai-Hua Li ◽  
Lu Xue

Two yeast strains representing a novel species in the basidiomycetous yeast genus Naganishia were isolated from flowers of Sorbaria sorbifolia collected in Beijing Olympic Forest Park, PR China. Results of multi-gene phylogenetic analysis indicated that the two strains were closely related to the type strains of Naganishia bhutanensis (CBS 6294T) and Naganishia antarctica (CBS 7687T). However, the new isolates differed from N. bhutanensis CBS 6294T by 1.79 % sequence divergence in the D1/D2 domain (11 nt substitutions and three indels), and 2.42 % (15 nt differences and one indel) to N. antarctica CBS 7687T. In the ITS region, the new isolates showed 1.15 % divergence (7 nt substitutions and one indel) to N. bhutanensis CBS 6294T and 0.92 % divergence (5 nt substitutions and no indels) to N. antarctica CBS 7687T. A phylogenetic analysis employing the sequences of six genes (D1/D2 domain of large subunit rDNA, ITS, small subunit rDNA, two subunits of the RNA polymerase II and elongation factor-1α) indicated that the novel species belonged to the genus Naganishia and formed a well-supported clade with N. bhutanensis, N. antarctica and N. indica. Moreover, the two strains differed from their closest relatives by the ability to grow on distinct carbon and nitrogen sources and ability to grow at 30 °C. On the basis of these findings, we propose a novel species in the genus Naganishia (Filobasidiales), Naganishia floricola sp. nov. (holotype CGMCC 2.5856).


Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 288 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUA-LI CHU ◽  
WAN-HAO CHEN ◽  
TING-CHI WEN ◽  
ZONG-QI LIANG ◽  
FU-CHONG ZHENG ◽  
...  

An entomopathogenic taxon from a wetland area in Guiyang City, China was found to be a novel species of Metarhizium based on both morphology and phylogeny. The new species, which has unique, slender and cylindrical, Akanthomyces-like synnemata is described, illustrated and named Metarhizium synnematis. Phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequence data confirmed that M. synnematis belongs in Metarhizium. It differs from other species of Metarhizium in having relatively small, ellipsoidal to cylindrical or sub-clavate conidia, coated with a thin mucilaginous sheath which aggregates spores into sticky masses.


2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
Yoshiaki Kawamura ◽  
Nagatoshi Fujiwara ◽  
Takashi Naka ◽  
Hongsheng Liu ◽  
...  

On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, novel species belonging to the genera Sphingomonas and Brevundimonas were identified from samples taken from the Russian space laboratory Mir. Strain A1-18T was isolated from the air. 16S rDNA sequence analysis showed that strain A1-18T formed a coherent cluster with Sphingomonas sanguinis, Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis, Sphingomonas paucimobilis and Sphingomonas roseiflava with sequence similarity of 97·5–98·6 %. Similar to other Sphingomonas species, the G+C content was 66·1 mol%, but DNA–DNA hybridization rates at optimal temperatures among these related species were only 24·7–51·7 %. Strain A1-18T can be differentiated biochemically from related species. Strain W1-2BT was isolated from condensation water. It forms a distinct lineage within the genus Brevundimonas, forming a coherent cluster with Brevundimonas vesicularis, Brevundimonas aurantiaca and Brevundimonas intermedia. 16S rDNA sequence similarities were 98·6–99·5 % and the G+C content was 66·5 mol%, similar to other Brevundimonas species, but DNA–DNA relatedness was only 50·2–54·8 %. Strain W1-2BT also showed some differential biochemical properties from its related species. A series of polyphasic taxonomic studies led to the proposal of two novel species, Sphingomonas yabuuchiae sp. nov. (type strain A1-18T=GTC 868T=JCM 11416T=DSM 14562T) and Brevundimonas nasdae sp. nov. (type strain W1-2BT=GTC 1043T=JCM 11415T=DSM 14572T).


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_11) ◽  
pp. 2774-2777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru Chen ◽  
Yuan-Mao Jiang ◽  
Shao-Chong Wei ◽  
Qi-Ming Wang

Four basidiomycetous yeast strains (Y13-1T, Y2-1, Y6-3 and Y8-2) were isolated from soil and bark collected from an apple orchard in Tai’an, Shandong province, PR China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 26S rRNA gene D1/D2 domains and ITS regions revealed that these novel strains were located in the Kwoniella clade in the class Tremellomycetes and were closely related to Cryptococcus cuniculi and Kwoniella heveanensis, but were clearly distinct from these species. Therefore, it is proposed that the new strains represent a novel species, Kwoniella shandongensis sp. nov., with the type strain Y13-1T( = CGMCC 2.04458T = CBS 12478T). The MycoBank number for the novel species is MB 564868.


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi-Ming Wang ◽  
Feng-Yan Bai ◽  
Bundit Fungsin ◽  
Teun Boekhout ◽  
Takashi Nakase

The distinction and monophyletic property of the basidiomycetous yeast species in the Bulleribasidium clade of the order Tremellales was resolved by molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the combined sequences of the 18S rRNA gene, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region including 5.8S rRNA gene and 26S rRNA gene D1/D2 domain. The addition to the clade of new anamorphic species identified among ballistoconidium-forming yeasts isolated from China confirmed and strengthened the separation of this clade from other clades or lineages in the order Tremellales. A new anamorphic genus, Mingxiaea gen. nov. (type species Mingxiaea variabilis comb. nov.) is therefore proposed to accommodate the anamorphic species in the Bulleribasidium clade. Six new combinations are proposed for the described species of this clade which were formerly assigned to the genus Bullera. Four novel species in the new genus were identified among 16 ballistoconidium-forming yeast strains isolated from plant leaves collected in Hainan province, southern China, by D1/D2 and ITS sequence analyses. The novel species are described as Mingxiaea sanyaensis sp. nov. (type strain SY-3.23T =AS 2. 3623T =CBS 11408T), Mingxiaea hainanensis (type strain WZS-8.13T =AS 2.4161T =CBS 11409T), Mingxiaea foliicola (type strain WZS-8.14T =AS 2.3518T =CBS 11407T) and Mingxiaea wuzhishanensis (type strain WZS-29.8T =AS 2.4163T =CBS 11411T).


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