Article
Cystofilobasidium lacus-mascardii sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast species isolated from aquatic environments of the Patagonian Andes, and Cystofilobasidium macerans sp. nov., the sexual stage of Cryptococcus macerans.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2009
Libkind Diego, Gadanho Mário, van Broock Maria, Sampaio José Paulo
Abstract excerpt
Here, we report on two novel sexual basidiomycetous red yeast species of the genus Cystofilobasidium. Cystofilobasidium lacus-mascardii sp. nov. is based on sexually compatible strains isolated from Lake Mascardi, an ultraoligotrophic lake in north-western Patagonia, Argentina. Following the discovery of the first isolate of this species, additional (sexually compatible) strains were isolated using a selective...
Topics
- Argentina
- Basidiomycota
- Cryptococcus
- Culture Media
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Fungal
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
- Fresh Water
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycological Typing Techniques
