title: Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., a yeast species associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microbiologia de Alimentos, Campus Universitário de Palmas, Fundação Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins, 77020-210, Brazil.
authors.forename: Solange C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Carreiro
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Pagnocca
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maurício
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bacci
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7.
authors.forename: Marc-André
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lachance
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Odair C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Bueno
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria José A
authors.initials: MJA
authors.lastname: Hebling
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, CP 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carla C C
authors.initials: CCC
authors.lastname: Ruivo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, CP 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: 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