title: Hortaea acidophila, a new acid-tolerant black yeast from lignite.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany. u.hoelker@uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hölker
authors.forename: Jutta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bend
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pracht
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tetsch
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Höfer
authors.forename: G Sybren
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: de Hoog
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D003031:Coal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D002244:Carbon