Barros Katharina O, Al-Oboudi Jassim, Freitas Larissa F D, Sousa Francisca M P, Batista Thiago M, Santos Ana Raquel O, Morais Paula B, Sampaio José Paulo, Lachance Marc-André, Hittinger Chris Todd, Rosa Carlos A
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1580, United States.
FEMS Yeast Res. 2025 Jan 30;25. doi: 10.1093/femsyr/foaf037.
Three strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from necrotic cactus tissues of Cereus saddianus and Micranthocereus dolichospermaticus and from phytotelmata of Bromelia karatas. DNA sequence analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region and D1/D2 domains of the large subunit ribosomal RNA, along with whole genome phylogenomic analysis, showed that this yeast is most closely related to Pichia insulana, Pichia cactophila, and Pichia inconspicua. The new species differs by 10-13 nucleotide substitutions from these species in D1/D2 sequences and exhibits <90% genome-wide average nucleotide identity to them. The name Pichia senei sp. nov. is proposed for the novel species, which is homothallic and produces asci with one to four hat-shaped ascospores. The holotype is CBS 16311 (MycoBank MB 858723). Taxogenomic analyses of the P. cactophila species complex, including P. senei, provide new insights about the hybridizations events that shaped this group. Pichia insulana and P. inconspicua are identified as the parental lineages that originated P. cactophila, and P. senei also appears closely related to one of the progenitors of P. inconspicua. We assess phylogeny, heterozygosity, and ploidy to explore the processes shaping diversity, showing how genomic data support yeast species delimitation and reveal complex hybridization.
从萨氏蜡仙人球(Cereus saddianus)和长籽小花蛇鞭柱(Micranthocereus dolichospermaticus)的坏死仙人掌组织以及红凤梨(Bromelia karatas)的积水处分离出了三株新型酵母菌株。对核糖体大亚基RNA的内转录间隔区(ITS)和D1/D2结构域进行DNA序列分析,并结合全基因组系统发育分析,结果表明这种酵母与海岛毕赤酵母(Pichia insulana)、嗜仙人掌毕赤酵母(Pichia cactophila)和隐匿毕赤酵母(Pichia inconspicua)关系最为密切。该新物种在D1/D2序列中与这些物种存在10 - 13个核苷酸的替换差异,并且与它们的全基因组平均核苷酸同一性小于90%。为此新物种提议命名为嗜仙人掌毕赤酵母新种(Pichia senei sp. nov.),它是同宗配合的,产生的子囊中有一至四个帽形子囊孢子。模式菌株为CBS 16311(菌种保藏编号MB 858723)。对包括嗜仙人掌毕赤酵母新种在内的嗜仙人掌毕赤酵母物种复合体进行的分类基因组分析,为塑造该类群的杂交事件提供了新的见解。海岛毕赤酵母和隐匿毕赤酵母被确定为起源于嗜仙人掌毕赤酵母的亲本谱系,嗜仙人掌毕赤酵母新种似乎也与隐匿毕赤酵母的一个祖先密切相关。我们评估系统发育、杂合性和倍性以探索塑造多样性的过程,展示了基因组数据如何支持酵母物种的界定并揭示复杂的杂交现象。