Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus Rio Claro, Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Avenida 24A, 1515 Rio Claro, SP 13506-900, Brazil.
Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus Rio Claro, Departamento de Bioquímica e Microbiologia, Avenida 24A, 1515, Rio Claro, SP 13506-900, Brazil.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2014 Apr;64(Pt 4):1428-1433. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.058818-0. Epub 2014 Feb 24.
A novel yeast species was recovered from the fungus garden of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex balzani (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The growth of the novel yeast species is limited by its ability to metabolize only a few carbon and nitrogenous compounds. A remarkable characteristic of this strain is the vigorous growth in 1 % acetic acid. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the LSU rRNA gene showed that the novel species belongs to the Starmerella clade and is phenotypically and genetically divergent from currently recognized species in this clade. Described here as Starmerella aceti f.a., sp. nov., it differs by 37 nucleotide substitutions in the D1/D2 region from Starmerella jinningensis CBS 11864(T), the most closely related species. The type strain of Starmerella aceti sp. nov. is TO 125(T) ( = CBMAI 1594(T) = CBS 13086(T)).
从切叶蚁 Acromyrmex balzani（膜翅目：蚁科）的真菌园中分离到一种新型酵母。该新型酵母的生长受到其只能代谢少数碳氮化合物的能力限制。该菌株的一个显著特点是在 1%乙酸中生长旺盛。LSU rRNA 基因的 D1/D2 结构域序列分析表明，该新型物种属于 Starmerella 分支，与该分支中目前公认的物种在表型和遗传上存在差异。将其描述为新型的 Starmerella aceti f.a.，sp. nov.，与最密切相关的物种 Starmerella jinningensis CBS 11864(T)相比，在 D1/D2 区域有 37 个核苷酸取代。新型 Starmerella aceti sp. nov. 的模式菌株为 TO 125(T)（ = CBMAI 1594(T) = CBS 13086(T)）。
