Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; National Center Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (BIOTEC); Kasetsart University; Western University (University of Western Ontario); Universite Catholique Louvain; Universidade Estadual Paulista; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)
Type
Article
Source Title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
Year
2009
Volume
59
Page
425-429
Open Access
Bronze
Publisher
SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
DOI
10.1099/ijs.0.65117-0
Format
PDF
Abstract
Analyses of nucleotide sequences from the D1/D2 domains of the large-subunit rDNA and phenotypic characteristics showed that the genera Moniliella and Trichosporonoides are members of a single, monophyletic clade that would be best represented by a single anamorphic genus. On the basis of taxonomic priority, we propose the transfer of the five species of the genus Trichosporonoides to the genus Moniliella. The description of the genus Moniliella is emended and the following new combinations are proposed: Moniliella madida comb. nov., Moniliella megachiliensis comb. nov., Moniliella nigrescens comb. nov., Moniliella oedocephalis comb. nov. and Moniliella spathulata comb. nov. In addition, ten strains representing a novel yeast species belonging to the Moniliella clade were isolated from flowers in Thailand, Cuba and Brazil. Analysis of the internal transcribed spacer and D1/D2 large-subunit rDNA sequences indicated that the isolates represent a single species that was distinct from other species of the Moniliella clade. The name Moniliella fonsecae sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these strains. The type strain is BCC 7726(T) (=CBS 10551(T)).
Funding Sponsor
Programa Norte de Pesquisas e Pos-Graduacao do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico of Brazil (PNOPG-CNPq), CNPq - Brazil; Fundacao do Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG-Brazil) [CBB - 378/04]; Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Conseil Inter-Universitaire de la Communaute Francaise de Belgique: Commission Universitaire pour le Developpement (CIUF-CUD-MUCL-Cuba); Belgian Federal Science Policy [BCCM C2/10/007, BCCM C3/10/003]; European Commission Marie Curie Mobility Actions [MIRG-CT 2005-016539]; Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
