HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Giménez-Jurado, G. Articles by Spencer-Martins, I. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Giménez-Jurado, G. Articles by Spencer-Martins, I. Agricola Articles by Giménez-Jurado, G. Articles by Spencer-Martins, I.

Metschnikowia vanudenii sp. nov. and Metschnikowia lachancei sp. nov., from flowers and associated insects in North America

¹ Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos (CREM), Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
² National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
³ Department of Biology, Syracuse University, NY 13244, USA

Correspondence
Isabel Spencer-Martins
ism{at}fct.unl.pt

Two new species of the ascosporic yeast genus Metschnikowia were isolated from nectaries and associated muscoid flies of flowers from the common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in North America, and are described as Metschnikowia vanudenii [type strain=PYCC 4650^T=CBS 9134^T=NRRL Y-27243^T=UWO(PS) 86A4.1^T] and Metschnikowia lachancei [type strain=PYCC 4605^T=CBS 9131^T=NRRL Y-27242^T=UWO(PS) 7ASB2.3^T]. As with the previously described Metschnikowia gruessii, M. vanudenii has vegetative cells with an ‘aeroplane’ or cross-like configuration, produces ovoid chlamydospores and forms ellipsoidopedunculate asci with two acicular ascospores. Metschnikowia lachancei is distinguished from other Metschnikowia species by formation of club-shaped asci with 1–2 thick clavate ascospores. The phylogenetic positions of the proposed new species within Metschnikowia were determined from sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA. The new species show low nuclear DNA relatedness with neighbouring taxa.

Published online ahead of print on 11 April 2003 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02470-0.

The GenBank accession numbers for the D1/D2 26S rDNA sequences of strain PYCC 4650^T and PYCC 4605^T are AF017404 and AY080995, respectively.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				M.-A. Lachance, J. M. Bowles, F. Wiens, J. Dobson, and C. P. Ewing Metschnikowia orientalis sp. nov., an Australasian yeast from nitidulid beetles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, October 1, 2006; 56(Pt 10): 2489 - 2493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M.-L. Xue, L.-Q. Zhang, Q.-M. Wang, J.-S. Zhang, and F.-Y. Bai Metschnikowia sinensis sp. nov., Metschnikowia zizyphicola sp. nov. and Metschnikowia shanxiensis sp. nov., novel yeast species from jujube fruit. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, September 1, 2006; 56(Pt 9): 2245 - 2250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]