Open AccessZygotorulaspora cariocana sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from tree bark in Brazil
Author(s) -
Juliana D. Moreira,
Alexandre Martins Costa Santos,
Fernanda L C Oliveira,
Raquel M. Cadete,
Ana Luiza Freire,
Paula B. Morais,
MarcAndré Lachance,
Carlos A. Rosa
Publication year - 2020
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.0.004089
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , holotype , botany , taxonomy (biology) , bark (sound) , yeast , genus , zoology , genetics , gene , ecology
Six strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from tree bark collected in the Atlantic Forest and the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. Analyses of the sequences of D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene showed that the strains belong to a species in the genus Zygotorulaspora . The species differed by 5.54 % sequence divergence (25 substitutions and five indels out of 542 bp) in the D1/D2 sequences from Zygotorulaspora mrakii , its closest relative. The ITS sequence of the type strain of the novel species differs by 27–69 nucleotide substitutions/indels from the other Zygotorulaspora species. The novel species is able to grow on trehalose, maltose, l -sorbose, inulin and at 37 °C, which are negative in Z. mrakii . The name Zygotorulaspora cariocana sp. nov. is proposed. The holotype of Z. cariocana sp. nov. is CBS 16118 T . The MycoBank number is MB 833702.