PYCC 8978
1 - Taxon name
Cryptococcus spencermartinsiae
2 - Classification
Basidiomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
Gelidatrema spencermartinsiae
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Cryptococcus spencermartinsiae
5 - Basis for identification
Molecular (D1D2 & ITS)
6 - Identified by
Diego Libkind
7 - Original strain number
NA
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
CRUB 1230T, CBS 10760T, DBVPG 8010T
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
Meltwater river from Frias glacier
14 - Category of substrate
Water
15 - Locality
Mount Tronador, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Patagonia
16 - Country of origin
Argentina
18 - Sample Collected by
Unknown, Feb. 2004
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
Unknown
20 - Isolation details
NA
21 - Deposited by
D. Libkind, Sept. 2021
22 - History
D. Libkind > PYCC
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150C
24 - Price per culture
85€
25 - Remarks
Strain available only after clearence from original depositor, Dr. Diego Libkind
26 - Medium for growth
MYP
DNA Sequence
Region
26S
Sequence Title
DQ513279
Gene Bank Url
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/DQ513279
DNA Sequence
Region
ITS
Sequence Title
EU249514
Gene Bank Url
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/EU249514
Title
Cryptococcus spencermartinsiae sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from glacial waters and apple fruits

Author

Virginia de García, Silvia Brizzio, Gabriel Russo, Carlos A. Rosa, Teun Boekhout, Bart Theelen, Diego Libkind, María van Broock

Abstract

Seven strains representing a novel yeast species belonging to the genus Cryptococcus were isolated from different substrates from Patagonia, Argentina, and The Netherlands. Three strains were isolated from a meltwater river draining from the Frias glacier at Mount Tronador situated in Nahuel Huapi National Park (Patagonia) and four were isolated from apple surfaces in Randwijk, The Netherlands. Analysis of the D1/D2 large-subunit rRNA gene and ITS region sequences indicated that these strains represent a single species that is distinct from other species of the Tremellales clade. The name Cryptococcus spencermartinsiae sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these strains. The type strain is CRUB 1230T (=CBS 10760T =DBVPG 8010T).

Publication Date

Link to Publication

https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.013177-0