PYCC 8993
1 - Taxon name
Starmerella gilliamiae f.a
2 - Classification
Ascomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
Starmerella sp.
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Starmerella gilliamiae
5 - Basis for identification
Molecular (whole genome sequence)
6 - Identified by
Ana Pontes
7 - Original strain number
UFMG CM Y-6321
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
CBS 16166
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
Flower of Byrsonima crassifolia
14 - Category of substrate
Vascular plants, mosses & algae
15 - Locality
Cerrado ecosystem of the municipality of Araguatins, Tocantins state
16 - Country of origin
Brazil
18 - Sample Collected by
September 2015
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
NA
20 - Isolation details
NA
21 - Deposited by
C. Rosa, Oct. 2021
22 - History
C. Rosa > PYCC
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150C
24 - Price per culture
85€
25 - Remarks
Strain available only after clearence from original depositor, Dr. Carlos Rosa (UFMG)
26 - Medium for growth
GPYA
Title
Taxogenomic analyses of Starmerella gilliamiae f.a, sp. nov. and Starmerella monicapupoae f.a., sp. nov., two novel species isolated from plant substrates and insects

Author

Carlos A. Rosa, Ana Raquel O. Santos, Kirsten Palmier, Meghan Duell, Andrea O. S. Carvalho, Natalia V. Fernadez, Raphael S. Pimenta, Paula B. Morais, Macarena Araya, Francisco A. Cubillos, Ana Pontes, Andreia Aires, Carla Gonçalves, Paula Gonçalves, José Paulo Sampaio, Marc-André Lachance

Abstract

Four yeast isolates collected from flowers from different ecosystems in Brazil, one from fruit of Nothofagus alpina in Argentina, three from flowers of Neltuma chilensis in Chile and one obtained from the proventriculus of a female bumblebee in Canada were demonstred, by analysis of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene, to represent two novel species of the genus Starmerella. These species are described here as Starmerella gilliamiae f.a, sp. nov. (CBS 16166T; Mycobank MB 851206) and Starmerella monicapupoae f.a., sp. nov. (PYCC 8997T; Mycobank MB 851207). The results of a phylogenomic analysis using 1037 single-copy orthogroups indicated that S. gilliamiae is a member of a subclade that contains Starmerella opuntiae, Starmerella aceti and Starmerella apicola. The results also indicated that S. monicapupoae is phylogenetically related to Starmerella riodocensis. The two isolates of S. monicapupoae were obtained from flowers in Brazil and were probably vectored by insects that visit these substrates. Starmerella gilliamiae has a wide geographical distribution having been isolated in flowers from Brazil and Chile, fruit from Argentina and a bumblebee from Canada.

Publication Date

Link to Publication

https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006270
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