Kockovaella libkindii sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from water tanks of bromeliad.
During a study of yeast community associated with water tanks (phytotelmata) of the bromeliad Vriesea minarum, two strains of a novel stalk-forming yeast species were found. The sequences of the region spanning the ITS and D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene showed that this species belongs to the genus Kockovaella. The novel species differs by 14 or more nucleotide substitutions in the D1/D2 domains and by 26 or more substitutions in the ITS-5.8S region from all other Kockovaella species. We describe this species as Kockovaella libkindii sp. nov. The type strain of Kockovaella libkindii sp. nov. is UFMG-CM-Y6053T (=UFMG-BRO-488T=CBS 12685T). The MycoBank number is MB 817710.
Departamento de Química, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 30421-169, Brazil.
Fatima C O
FCO
Gomes
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Silvana V B
SVB
Safar
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Ana Raquel O
ARO
Santos
Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7.
Marc-André
MA
Lachance
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Carlos A
CA
Rosa
D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001938:Brazil; D031229:Bromeliaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014867:Water
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S; D014867:Water