TY - JOUR
T1 - Cryptococcus vaughanmartiniae sp. nov. and Cryptococcus onofrii sp. nov.
T2 - two new species isolated from worldwide cold environments
AU - Turchetti, Benedetta
AU - Selbmann, Laura
AU - Blanchette, Robert A.
AU - Di Mauro, Simone
AU - Marchegiani, Elisabetta
AU - Zucconi, Laura
AU - Arenz, Brett E.
AU - Buzzini, Pietro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Japan.
PY - 2015/1
Y1 - 2015/1
N2 - Twenty yeast strains, representing a selection from a wider group of more than 60 isolates were isolated from cold environments worldwide (Antarctica, Iceland, Russia, USA, Italian and French Alps, Apennines). The strains were grouped based on their common morphological and physiological characteristics. A phylogeny based on D1/D2 ribosomal DNA sequences placed them in an intermediate position between Cryptococcus saitoi and Cryptococcus friedmannii; the ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA phylogeny demonstrated that these strains belong to two related but hitherto unknown species within the order Filobasidiales, albidus clade. These two novel species are described with the names Cryptococcusvaughanmartiniae (type strain DBVPG 4736T) and Cryptococcusonofrii (type strain DBVPG 5303T).
AB - Twenty yeast strains, representing a selection from a wider group of more than 60 isolates were isolated from cold environments worldwide (Antarctica, Iceland, Russia, USA, Italian and French Alps, Apennines). The strains were grouped based on their common morphological and physiological characteristics. A phylogeny based on D1/D2 ribosomal DNA sequences placed them in an intermediate position between Cryptococcus saitoi and Cryptococcus friedmannii; the ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA phylogeny demonstrated that these strains belong to two related but hitherto unknown species within the order Filobasidiales, albidus clade. These two novel species are described with the names Cryptococcusvaughanmartiniae (type strain DBVPG 4736T) and Cryptococcusonofrii (type strain DBVPG 5303T).
KW - Alps
KW - Antarctica
KW - Apennines
KW - Cold-adapted biodiversity
KW - Cryptococcusonofrii sp. nov
KW - Cryptococcusvaughanmartiniae sp. nov
KW - Iceland
KW - Novel Cryptococcus species
KW - Psychrophilic yeasts
KW - Russia
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U2 - 10.1007/s00792-014-0692-3
DO - 10.1007/s00792-014-0692-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 25239569
AN - SCOPUS:84922003186
SN - 1431-0651
VL - 19
SP - 149
EP - 159
JO - Extremophiles
JF - Extremophiles
IS - 1
ER -