title: Lachancea mirantina sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast isolated from the cachaca fermentation process.
abstract: In the present work, a novel ascomycete species, Lachancea mirantina sp. nov., isolated from the fermentation process that produces cachaça, a Brazilian spirit, is proposed. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 26S D1/D2 rDNA locus showed that L. mirantina sp. nov. was genetically related to Lachancea cidri and Lachancea fermentati, although some physiological traits showed remarkable differences. Analysis of the D1/D2 large-subunit rDNA molecular marker showed a clear distinction among all three species, confirming that L. mirantina sp. nov. belongs to a separate taxonomic species in the Lachancea clade. The type strain of Lachancea mirantina sp. nov. is URM 5925(T) ( = CLIB 1160(T)  = CBS 11717(T)).
authors.affiliation: Grupo Interdepartamental de Engenharia Metabólica, CCB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50760-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana Filgueira
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, CCB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50760-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: César Raimundo Lima
authors.initials: CRL
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biologia e Saúde, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50050-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bereneuza Tavares Ramos Valente
authors.initials: BTRV
authors.lastname: Brasileiro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, CCB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50760-901, Brazil.|Grupo Interdepartamental de Engenharia Metabólica, CCB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50760-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Morais
mesh_terms: D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005285:Fermentation; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S