title: Sporobolomyces odoratus sp. nov., a new species in the Sporidiobolus ruineniae clade.
abstract: This report presents the description of a new Sporobolomyces species, Sp. odoratus sp. nov. The new species was characterized by DNA fingerprinting using the micro/minisatellite-primed PCR approach (MSP-PCR). A phylogenetic analysis using the D1/D2 region of the 26S rDNA revealed that Sp. odoratus belongs to a clade that includes Rhodosporidium fluviale and Sporidiobolus ruineniae. An integrated comparison with related species is presented. A number of presumptive strains of S. ruineniae were also investigated using the MSP-PCR method and 26S rDNA sequence analysis. Mating experiments revealed, for the first time, that S. ruineniae includes heterothallic strains, besides those already known to be self-fertile.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos, Secção Autónoma de Biotecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
authors.forename: Elisabete
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valério
authors.forename: Mário
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gadanho
authors.forename: José Paulo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sampaio
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S