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Volume 75, Issue 3

sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from rotting wood and beetles in a Brazilian Amazonian rainforest biome No Access

Abstract

Five yeast isolates belonging to a candidate for novel species were obtained from rotting wood and the gut of a passalid beetle larva in a site of Amazonian rainforest biome in Brazil. Sequence analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS)-5.8S region and the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene showed that the isolates represent a novel species of the genus . The closest relative of the novel species is . These species differs due to 44 nt substitutions and 21 indels in the sequences of the ITS region, as well as by 15 substitutions and four indels in the sequences of the D1/D2 domains. A phylogenomic analysis of the species with genomes sequenced showed that this novel species is an outgroup to the other species of this genus. We propose the name sp. nov. (CBS 18107, MycoBank MB 856975) to accommodate these isolates. The species is homothallic, producing one to two ascospores per ascus. The habitat of is rotting wood in the Brazilian Amazonian rainforest biome.

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Keyword(s): Amazonian Forest , passalid beetle , rotting wood , soil and Vanderwaltozyma urihicola sp. nov.
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (Award DOE BER Office of Science DE–SC0018409)
    • Principal Award Recipient: ChrisTodd Hittinger
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Award Hatch Project 7005101)
    • Principal Award Recipient: ChrisTodd Hittinger
  • National Science Foundation (Award DEB-2110403)
    • Principal Award Recipient: ChrisTodd Hittinger
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
    • Principal Award Recipient: Marc-AndréLachance
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (Award APQ-01525-14, and APQ-02552-15, APQ-03071–17)
    • Principal Award Recipient: CarlosA. Rosa
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Award 0457499/2014-1, 141586/2017-6, 313088/2020-9 and 408733/2021)
    • Principal Award Recipient: CarlosA. Rosa
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Award 406564/2022-1)
    • Principal Award Recipient: CarlosA. Rosa
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Vanderwaltozyma urihicola sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from rotting wood and beetles in a Brazilian Amazonian rainforest biome
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