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sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from the waste deposit of the attine ant Free

Abstract

A novel basidiomycetous yeast was isolated from the waste deposit of the attine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The field colony was located in Santurce town, Santa Fe province, Argentina. The description of the novel species was based on strain LLU043. Analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the LSU rRNA gene sequences in GenBank demonstrated that strain LLU043, belongs to the clade and is closely related to and with 97 % similarity to the two species. The novel species differs from and in some physiological characteristics such as the lack of assimilation of cellobiose, salicin, succinate, citrate and ethylamine. The name sp. nov. is proposed, with LLU043 (=CBS 12828=CBMAI 1618) as the type strain.

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Keyword(s): Acromyrme , Basidiomycota , fungus growing ant , hymenoptera and sporidiobolales
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Rhodosporidiobolus geoffroeae sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from the waste deposit of the attine ant Acromyrmex lundii
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