Wickerhamiella martinezcruziae f. a., sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from tropical habitats

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2021 Nov;71(11). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005092.

Abstract

Four yeast isolates with an affinity to the genus Wickerhamiella were obtained from beach sand, a marine zoanthid and a tree exudate at different localities in Brazil. Two other isolates with almost identical ITS and D1/D2 sequences of the large subunit rRNA gene were isolated from the small intestine of cattle and a grease trap in Thailand. These isolates represent a novel species phylogenetically related to Wickerhamiella verensis, Wickerhamiella osmotolerans, Wickerhamiella tropicalis, Wickerhamiella sorbophila and Wickerhamiella infanticola. The novel species differs by 15-30 nucleotide differences from these species in the D1/D2 sequences. The name Wickerhamiella martinezcruziae f.a., sp. nov. is proposed. The holotype of Wickerhamiella martinezcruziae sp. nov. is CBS 16104T. The MycoBank number is MB 839328.

Keywords: Wickerhamiella martinezcruziae; new yeast species; plants; seawater.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Composition
  • Brazil
  • Cattle / microbiology
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Intestine, Small / microbiology
  • Mycological Typing Techniques
  • Phylogeny*
  • Plant Exudates
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Saccharomycetales* / classification
  • Saccharomycetales* / isolation & purification
  • Sand / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Thailand
  • Tropical Climate

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • Plant Exudates
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Sand

Supplementary concepts

  • Wickerhamiella infanticola
  • Wickerhamiella sorbophila