PYCC 8851
1 - Taxon name
Phaffia brasiliana
2 - Classification
Basidiomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
NA
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Phaffia brasiliana
5 - Basis for identification
Molecular (D1D2, ITS and WGS)
6 - Identified by
A. R. O. Santos and C. A. Rosa
7 - Original strain number
UFMG-CM-Y6497T
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
CBS 16121T
9 - Biological Safety Level
BSL-1
10 - Access and Benefit Sharing (CBD, Nagoya protocol)
Contact curator for more information
11 - PYCC strain status
Open
12 - Mediterranean strain
No
13 - Substrate of isolation
Flooded soil
14 - Category of substrate
Soil
15 - Locality
Atlantic Forest ecotone site in the Private Natural Heritage Reserve of the Sanctuary of Caraça, Minas Gerais
16 - Country of origin
Brazil
17 - Latitude, longitude coordinates

-20.083333, -43.466667

18 - Sample Collected by
A. R. O. Santos and C. A. Rosa, Dec 2017
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
A. R. O. Santos and C. A. Rosa
20 - Isolation details
Sample of soil incubated in YNB- glucose medium at 10ºC. Isolation in YMA at 10ºC
21 - Deposited by
J. P. Sampaio, Mar. 2021
22 - History
Carlos Rosa > J.P. Sampaio > PYCC
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -80C
24 - Price per culture
85€
25 - Remarks
Strain available only after clearence from original depositor, Dr. Carlos Rosa (UFMG)
26 - Medium for growth
YMA
Title
Phaffia brasiliana sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from soil in a Cerrado–Atlantic Rain Forest ecotone site in Brazil

Author

Ana Raquel Oliveira Santos, Andreia Aires, Ana Pontes, Margarida Silva, Patricia H Brito, Marizeth Groenewald, Cidiane G. S. Melo, Marc-André Lachance, José Paulo Sampaio, Carlos A. Rosa

Abstract

During studies of yeasts associated with soil in a Cerrado–Atlantic Rain Forest ecotone site in Brazil, three orange-pigmented yeast strains were isolated from samples collected in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Molecular analyses combining the 26S rRNA gene (D1/D2 domains) and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences as well as whole-genome sequence data showed that these strains could not be ascribed to any known species in the basidiomycetous genusPhaffia, and thus they are considered to represent a novel species for which the namePhaffia brasilianasp. nov. is proposed. The holotype is CBS 16121Tand the MycoBank number is MB 839315. The occurrence ofP. brasilianain a tropical region is unique for the genus, since all other species occur in temperate regions. Two factors appear to contribute to the distribution of the novel taxon: first, the region where it was found has relatively moderate temperature ranges and, second, an adaptation to grow or withstand temperatures higher than those of the other species in the genus seems to be in place.

Publication Date

Link to Publication

https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005080