title: Exophiala sideris, a novel black yeast isolated from environments polluted with toxic alkyl benzenes and arsenic.
abstract: A novel species of the black yeast genus Exophiala (order Chaetothyriales) is described. Strains were repeatedly obtained by enriching samples of wild berries from different plants, guano-rich soil and from oak railway ties treated with arsenic creosote under a toluene-rich atmosphere. An identical strain was encountered in a closed arsenic mine polluted by alkyl benzenes. Its potential use for purposes of bioremediation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch Ardabil, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyedmojtaba
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seyedmousavi
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Badali
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chlebicki
authors.forename: Jingjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Francesc Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Prenafeta-Boldú
authors.forename: G Sybren
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: De Hoog
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000378:metabolism*; D001554:Benzene / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005093:Exophiala / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D001554:Benzene; D001151:Arsenic