Cryptococcus fildesensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic basidiomycetous yeast isolated from Antarctic moss

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2014 Feb;64(Pt 2):675-679. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.054981-0. Epub 2013 Nov 22.

Abstract

Two yeast strains isolated from the moss Chorisodontium aciphyllum from the Fildes Region, King George Island, maritime Antarctica, were classified as members of the genus Cryptococcus based on sequence analyses of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions. The rRNA gene sequence analyses indicated that the two strains represented a novel species of the genus Cryptococcus, for which the name Cryptococcus fildesensis sp. nov. is proposed (type strain: CPCC 300017(T) = DSM 26442(T) = CBS 12705(T)). The MycoBank number of the novel species is MB 805542.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antarctic Regions
  • Bryophyta / microbiology*
  • Cryptococcus / classification*
  • Cryptococcus / genetics
  • Cryptococcus / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycological Typing Techniques
  • Phylogeny*
  • Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KC894158
  • GENBANK/KC894159
  • GENBANK/KC894160
  • GENBANK/KC894161