title: Sugiyamaella xylanicola sp. nov., a xylan-degrading yeast species isolated from rotting wood.
abstract: Four strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from rotting-wood samples in an Atlantic rainforest site in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. These yeasts were obtained from enrichments using yeast nitrogen base (YNB)-d-xylose or YNB-xylan media. The novel yeast species produces bacilliform ascospores typical of the genus Sugiyamaella, and its closest described relative in terms of sequence similarity is Candida (iter. nom. Sugiyamaella) marionensis. The yeast is able to grow in medium with xylan as sole carbon source and produces extracellular enzymes with xylanolytic activities. The novel species Sugiyamaella xylanicola sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these isolates. The type strain is UFMG-CA-32.1(T) (=CBS 12683(T) =CBMAI 1467(T)).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Morais
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carla A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lara
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
authors.forename: Marc-André
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lachance
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014934:Wood / Q000382:microbiology*; D014990:Xylans / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D014990:Xylans