Cryptococcus spencermartinsiae sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from glacial waters and apple fruits.
Seven strains representing a novel yeast species belonging to the genus Cryptococcus were isolated from different substrates from Patagonia, Argentina, and The Netherlands. Three strains were isolated from a meltwater river draining from the Frias glacier at Mount Tronador situated in Nahuel Huapi National Park (Patagonia) and four were isolated from apple surfaces in Randwijk, The Netherlands. Analysis of the D1/D2 large-subunit rRNA gene and ITS region sequences indicated that these strains represent a single species that is distinct from other species of the Tremellales clade. The name Cryptococcus spencermartinsiae sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these strains. The type strain is CRUB 1230(T) (=CBS 10760(T) =DBVPG 8010(T)).
de García
Virginia
V
Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada y Biotecnología, Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, INIBIOMA-CONICET, Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro C.P. 8400, Argentina.
Brizzio
Silvia
S
Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada y Biotecnología, Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, INIBIOMA-CONICET, Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro C.P. 8400, Argentina.
Russo
Gabriel
G
Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada y Biotecnología, Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, INIBIOMA-CONICET, Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro C.P. 8400, Argentina.
Rosa
Carlos A
CA
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil.
Boekhout
Teun
T
Yeast Division, Centraal Bureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Postbus 85167 (Uppsalalaan 8), 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Theelen
Bart
B
Yeast Division, Centraal Bureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Postbus 85167 (Uppsalalaan 8), 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Libkind
Diego
D
Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada y Biotecnología, Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, INIBIOMA-CONICET, Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro C.P. 8400, Argentina.
van Broock
María
M
Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada y Biotecnología, Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, INIBIOMA-CONICET, Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro C.P. 8400, Argentina.
D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D027845:Malus / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D045483:Rivers / Q000382:microbiology*
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer