Open AccessSporobolomyces odoratus sp. nov., a new species in the Sporidiobolus ruineniae clade
Author(s) -
Valério Elisabete,
Gadanho Mário,
Sampaio José Paulo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
fems yeast research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1567-1364
pISSN - 1567-1356
DOI - 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2002.tb00063.x
Subject(s) - biology , heterothallic , clade , phylogenetic tree , botany , ribosomal dna , mating type , genetics , gene
This report presents the description of a new Sporobolomyces species, Sp. odoratus sp. nov. The new species was characterized by DNA fingerprinting using the micro/minisatellite‐primed PCR approach (MSP‐PCR). A phylogenetic analysis using the D1/D2 region of the 26S rDNA revealed that Sp. odoratus belongs to a clade that includes Rhodosporidium fluviale and Sporidiobolus ruineniae . An integrated comparison with related species is presented. A number of presumptive strains of S. ruineniae were also investigated using the MSP‐PCR method and 26S rDNA sequence analysis. Mating experiments revealed, for the first time, that S. ruineniae includes heterothallic strains, besides those already known to be self‐fertile.