Baudoinia, a new genus to accommodate Torula compniacensis.
Baudoinia gen. nov. is described to accommodate Torula compniacensis. Reported originally from the walls of buildings near brandy maturation warehouses in Cognac, France, species of Baudoinia are cosmopolitan colonists of exposed surfaces subjected to large diurnal temperature shifts, episodic high relative humidity and wetting, and ambient airborne ethanol. Morphologically B. compniacensis resembles some anamorphic Mycosphaerellaceae in possessing dark brown, nonseptate or uniseptate conidia with coarsely roughened walls that are borne acropetally in unbranched chains and released by schizolytic dehiscence. Analysis of partial nuclear rDNA SSU sequences positions B. compniacensis in the order Capnodiales and reveals that it is most closely related to the microcolonial genus Friedmanniomyces. Heat resistance is induced by brief sublethal temperature exposure.
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James A
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Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R4. james.scott@utoronto.ca
Untereiner
Wendy A
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Ewaze
Juliet O
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Wong
Bess
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Doyle
David
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D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000382:microbiology*; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005602:France; D007218:Industrial Microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal