Open AccessAspergillus incahuasiensis sp. nov., isolated from soil in the semi-arid region of northern Chile
Author(s) -
Eduardo Piontelli,
Peggy Vieille,
Stephen W. Peterson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/ijsem.0.003361
Subject(s) - biology , aspergillus , clade , botany , arid , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , genetics , phylogenetics
During a study of the fungi from a semi-arid region of northern Chile, a novel species of Aspergillus was encountered in the soil from an area where pepper trees ( Schinusmolle ) were growing. Marker genes were sequenced to identify these isolates. The β-tubulin, calmodulin and DNA-dependent RNA polymerase loci all indicated that this was a novel species in Aspergillus section Nidulantes and in the Aspergillus multicolor clade. The new species was studied morphologically and differences between it and the other members of the A. multicolor clade are described. We provide a name and description for these isolates as Aspergillus incahuasiensis sp. nov.