title: Wickerhamomyces spegazzinii sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast isolated from the fungus garden of Acromyrmex lundii nest (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
abstract: A novel ascomycetous yeast species in the genus Wickerhamomyces was isolated from the fungus garden of an attine ant nest, Acromyrmex lundii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from Santa Fe province, Argentina. Pairwise sequence alignment of D1/D2 sequences in the GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) database revealed that the novel species is related most closely to Wickerhamomyces subpelliculosus, Wickerhamomyces linferdii, Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Wickerhamomyces siamensis and Wickerhamomycesciferrii with 96% similarity to the first four. The species name Wickerhamomyces spegazzinii sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate this novel strain, which differs from the above species in melibiose, 5-keto-D-gluconate, succinate, and DL-lactate assimilation among others. The type strain is JLU025T (=CBS 12756T=CBMAI 1619T).
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biociências, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus de Rio Claro, SP. Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Virginia E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Masiulionis
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biociências, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus de Rio Claro, SP. Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Pagnocca
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000382:microbiology*; D001118:Argentina; D002175:Candida; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer