Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., a yeast species associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens.
Four strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from laboratory nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens in Brazil. Three strains were found in older sponges and one was in a waste deposit in the ant nests. Sequencing of the D1/D2 region of the large-subunit rRNA gene showed that the novel species, named Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., is phylogenetically related to Sympodiomyces parvus. Unlike Sympodiomyces parvus, Sympodiomyces attinorum can ferment glucose, assimilate methyl alpha-D-glucoside, salicin and citrate, and grow at 37 degrees C, thus enabling these two species to be distinguished. Differentiation from other related species is possible on the basis of other growth characteristics. The type strain of Sympodiomyces attinorum is UNESP-S156T (= CBS 9734T = NRRL Y-27639T).
Carreiro
Solange C
SC
Laboratório de Microbiologia de Alimentos, Campus Universitário de Palmas, Fundação Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins, 77020-210, Brazil.
Pagnocca
Fernando C
FC
Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
Bacci
Maurício
M
Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
Lachance
Marc-André
MA
Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7.
Bueno
Odair C
OC
Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
Hebling
Maria José A
MJA
Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
Ruivo
Carla C C
CCC
Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
Rosa
Carlos A
CA
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, CP 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil.
D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000382:microbiology*; D001592:Benzyl Alcohols / Q000378:metabolism; D001938:Brazil; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005285:Fermentation; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005960:Glucosides; D008757:Methylglucosides / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013696:Temperature
D001592:Benzyl Alcohols; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005960:Glucosides; D008757:Methylglucosides; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D019343:Citric Acid; C005696:salicin; C027020:methylglucoside; D005947:Glucose