Exophiala atacamensis, sp. nov., and E. crusticola from the Atacama Desert, northern Chile
Author
Madrid, Hugo
Gené, Josepa
Quijada, Luis
Cantillo, Taimy
Gacitúa, Rodrigo
Valdés, Jorge
Sánchez, Carolina
Wijayawardene, Nalin
Silva, Víctor
Godoy, Patricio
Publication date
2023-02-07ISSN
0082-0598
Abstract
In the course of a taxonomic survey on hyphomycetes from the Atacama Desert, four strains of slow-growing, cycloheximide-tolerant dematiaceous fungi were obtained from soil samples. These isolates presented a blastic conidiogenous apparatus and yeast-like budding cells typical of the genus Exophiala. DNA sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer region and partial large subunit ribosomal RNA gene revealed the presence of a novel species, Exophiala atacamensis, and a new record, E. crusticola. Exophiala atacamensis is phylogenetically distant from other members of Exophiala and is morphologically characterized by the production of annellidic conidiogenous cells, aseptate conidia in slimy masses, yeast-like budding cells, and abundant brown, meristematic, thick-walled bodies. This study reports E. crusticola for the first time in the Southern Hemisphere.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Accepted version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
57 - Biological sciences in general
Pages
31
Publisher
Ferdinand Berger & Söhne
Is part of
Sydowia
Citation
Madrid, Hugo, Josepa Gené, Luis Quijada, Taimy Cantillo, Rodrigo Gacitúa, Jorge Valdés, Carolina Sánchez, Francesc Xavier Prenafeta-Boldú, Nalin Wijayawardene, Víctor Silva, and Patricio Godoy. 2023. “Exophiala atacamensis, sp. nov., and E. crusticola from the Atacama Desert, northern Chile” Sydowia 75:181-192. doi:10.12905/0380.SYDOWIA75-2023-0181.
Program
Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
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