RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Freitas, Larissa F. D. A1 Barbosa, Raquel A1 Sampaio, José Paulo A1 Lachance, Marc-André A1 Rosa, Carlos A.YR 2015 T1 Starmera pilosocereana sp. nov., a yeast isolated from necrotic tissue of cacti in a sandy coastal dune ecosystem JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 65 IS Pt_12 SP 4474 OP 4478 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000596 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two strains of a novel cactophilic yeast species were isolated from the columnar cactus Pilosocereus arrabidae in a sand dune ecosystem in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis of sequences of the large subunit rRNA gene D1/D2 domains showed that the strains represent a sister species to Starmera caribaea, from which it differs by 21 nt substitutions and two indels. The novel species is heterothallic and the asci are deliquescent with the formation of two to four hat-shaped ascospores. The name Starmera pilosocereana sp. nov. is proposed for the species. The type strain is UFMG-CM-Y316T ( = CBS 13266T) and the allotype is UFMG-CM-Y346a ( = CBS 13265). The Mycobank number is MB 810683. In addition, Candida stellimalicola belonging to the Starmera clade, is reassigned to Starmera as a new combination., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000596