Hortaea acidophila, a new acid-tolerant black yeast from lignite.
A hitherto undescribed black yeast was isolated from an extract of brown coal containing humic and fulvic acids at pH 0.6. The fungus showed morphological similarity to some members of the genus Exophiala (Chaetothyriales) and of Hortaea (Dothideales). Based on SSU rDNA sequence similarity to meristematic members of the Dothideales, the new species was accommodated in Hortaea, which presently contains only a single, halophilic species, H. werneckii.
Hölker
Udo
U
Botanisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany. u.hoelker@uni-bonn.de
Bend
Jutta
J
Pracht
Rolf
R
Tetsch
Larissa
L
Müller
Tobias
T
Höfer
Milan
M
de Hoog
G Sybren
GS
D000143:Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D003031:Coal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D010802:Phylogeny
D000143:Acids; D003031:Coal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D002244:Carbon