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Blastobotrys persicus sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species isolated from cave soil

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Two strains (AHD129-1T and AHD129-2) of a new anamorphic yeast species were isolated from Mejare cave soil samples of Abdanan, Ilam, Iran. Nucleotide divergence in the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA, and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) genes suggest that the two strains can be assigned to the Trichomonascus/Blastobotrys clade. A maximum likelihood tree based on sequences of the D1/D2 domain revealed that the new species is closely related to the species Trichomonascus ciferrii, Candida allociferrii, and Candida mucifera. The new species could be distinguished from the closely related species by its ability to grow at 42 °C and the inability to assimilate d-arabinose and d-mannitol. The name B. persicus sp. nov. is proposed for the new anamorphic species. The type strain of B. persicus is AHD129-1T = IBRC-M30238T = CBS 14259T, and the Mycobank number is MB 819148.

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Abbreviations

LSU:

Large subunit

ITS:

Internal transcribed spacer

SSU:

Small subunit

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The authors thank the University of Tehran for partial financial support for accomplishing the present research under Grant No. 321265/04/6.

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  1. Department of Microbial Biotechnology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Hoda Nouri & Hamid Moghimi

  2. Microorganisms Bank, Iranian Biological Resource Center (IBRC), ACECR, Tehran, Iran

    Marzieh Geranpayeh Vaghei & Shaghayegh Nasr

  3. Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Advanced Technologies in Biology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran

    Shaghayegh Nasr

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Nouri, H., Moghimi, H., Geranpayeh Vaghei, M. et al. Blastobotrys persicus sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species isolated from cave soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 111, 517–524 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-017-0972-x

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