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Metschnikowia cerradonensis sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from ephemeral flowers and their nitidulid beetles in Brazil

¹ Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
² Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
³ Laboratório de Microbiologia Ambiental e Biologia, Campus Universitário de Palmas, Fundação Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins, 77010-154, Brazil

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Marc-André Lachance
lachance{at}uwo.ca

A novel yeast species, Metschnikowia cerradonensis sp. nov., is described from 12 strains isolated from flowers of Ipomoea carnea and from beetles of the genus Conotelus in the Cerrado ecosystem in the region of Jalapão, Tocantins State, Brazil. Analysis of the sequences of the rRNA gene cluster suggested that M. cerradonensis is closely related to Metschnikowia santaceciliae, Metschnikowia continentalis and an undescribed species represented by strain UWOPS 00-154.1. These species mate together but ascospores are very rarely formed, showing that they represent distinct biological species. M. cerradonensis is apparently endemic to the Cerrado ecosystem of the Jalapão area. The type strain of M. cerradonensis is UFMG 03-T67.1^T (h⁺) (=CBS 10409^T=NRRL Y-48067^T) and the designated allotype is UFMG 03-T68.1 (h^–) (=CBS 10410=NRRL Y-48068).

The Mycobank accession number for Metschnikowia cerradonensis sp. nov. is MB510051 (http://www.mycobank.org).

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