title: Geotrichum silvicola sp. nov., a novel asexual arthroconidial yeast species related to the genus Galactomyces.
abstract: Four strains of an asexual arthroconidial yeast species were isolated from Drosophila flies in two Atlantic rain forest sites in Brazil and two strains from oak tasar silkworm larvae (Antheraea proylei) in India. Analysis of the sequences of the D1/D2 large subunit rRNA gene showed that this yeast represented a novel species of the genus Geotrichum, described as Geotrichum silvicola sp. nov. The novel species was related to the ascogenous genus Galactomyces. The closest relatives of Geotrichum silvicola were Galactomyces sp. strain NRRL Y-6418 and Galactomyces geotrichum. The type culture of Geotrichum silvicola is UFMG-354-2T (=CBS 9194T=NRRL Y-27641T).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia - ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raphael S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pimenta
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia - ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Priscila D D
authors.initials: PDD
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia - ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ary
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corrêa
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: Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Sector-39A, Chandigarh - 160 036, India.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.affiliation: Central Tasar Research and Training Institute, Research Extension Centre, Palampur - 176 061, India.
authors.lastname: Rajaram
authors.affiliation: Central Tasar Research and Training Institute, Ranchi, India.
authors.forename: B R R P
authors.initials: BRRP
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia - ICB, C.P. 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; D001938:Brazil; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D004330:Drosophila / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D005848:Geotrichum / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007194:India; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014197:Trees
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal