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Abstract
A strain of a novel mucoralean fungus was isolated from a nest of the invasive paper wasp, Polistes dominulus. Phylogenetic analysis based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and 5.8S rRNA gene sequences, along with physiological tests, revealed that this strain represents a novel species within the genus Mucor. The novel species also includes a representative that had previously been characterized as part of the Mucor hiemalis complex. Unlike the type strain of M. hiemalis, these two strains can grow at 37 °C and sporulate at 35 °C. Here, we present a partial resolution of the M. hiemalis species complex and propose the novel species Mucor nidicola sp. nov. to accommodate the isolate; the type strain of M. nidicola is F53T ( = NRRL 54520T = UAMH 11442T = CBS 130359T).
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Funding
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- Tufts Institute of the Environment Fellowship
- Tufts University Graduate Student Research Awards
- National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (Award NSF DBI 0649190)