title: Mucor nidicola sp. nov., a fungal species isolated from an invasive paper wasp nest.
abstract: A strain of a novel mucoralean fungus was isolated from a nest of the invasive paper wasp, Polistes dominulus. Phylogenetic analysis based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and 5.8S rRNA gene sequences, along with physiological tests, revealed that this strain represents a novel species within the genus Mucor. The novel species also includes a representative that had previously been characterized as part of the Mucor hiemalis complex. Unlike the type strain of M. hiemalis, these two strains can grow at 37 °C and sporulate at 35 °C. Here, we present a partial resolution of the M. hiemalis species complex and propose the novel species Mucor nidicola sp. nov. to accommodate the isolate; the type strain of M. nidicola is F53(T) (=NRRL 54520(T)=UAMH 11442(T)=CBS 130359(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Tufts University, 120 Dana Laboratories, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Madden
authors.affiliation: Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stchigel
authors.affiliation: Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guarro
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Tufts University, 120 Dana Laboratories, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Starks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009089:Mucor / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013696:Temperature; D014863:Wasps / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S