Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., a yeast species associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens
Carreiro, Solange C. and Pagnocca, Fernando C. and Bacci, Maurício and Lachance, Marc-André and Bueno, Odair C. and Hebling, Maria José A. and Ruivo, Carla C. C. and Rosa, Carlos A.,, 54, 1891-1894 (2004),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63200-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= Four strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from laboratory nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens in Brazil. Three strains were found in older sponges and one was in a waste deposit in the ant nests. Sequencing of the D1/D2 region of the large-subunit rRNA gene showed that the novel species, named Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., is phylogenetically related to Sympodiomyces parvus. Unlike Sympodiomyces parvus, Sympodiomyces attinorum can ferment glucose, assimilate methyl α-d-glucoside, salicin and citrate, and grow at 37 °C, thus enabling these two species to be distinguished. Differentiation from other related species is possible on the basis of other growth characteristics. The type strain of Sympodiomyces attinorum is UNESP-S156T (=CBS 9734T=NRRL Y-27639T).,
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