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Isolation of Culturable Yeasts and Molds from Soils to Investigate Fungal Population Structure
Published on: May 27, 2022
Blastobotrys persicus sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species isolated from cave soil
Hoda Nouri1, Hamid Moghimi2, Marzieh Geranpayeh Vaghei3
1Department of Microbial Biotechnology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
Two strains (AHD129-1T and AHD129-2) of a new anamorphic yeast species were isolated from Mejare cave soil samples of Abdanan, Ilam, Iran. Nucleotide divergence in the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA, and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) genes suggest that the two strains can be assigned to the Trichomonascus/Blastobotrys clade. A maximum likelihood tree based on sequences of the D1/D2 domain revealed that the new species is closely related to the species Trichomonascus ciferrii, Candida allociferrii, and Candida mucifera. The new species could be distinguished from the closely related species by its ability to grow at 42 °C and the inability to assimilate D-arabinose and D-mannitol. The name B. persicus sp. nov. is proposed for the new anamorphic species. The type strain of B. persicus is AHD129-1T = IBRC-M30238T = CBS 14259T, and the Mycobank number is MB 819148.
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