%0 Journal Article %A Masiulionis, Virginia E %A Pagnocca, Fernando C %T Wickerhamomyces spegazzinii sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast isolated from the fungus garden of Acromyrmex lundii nest (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) %D 2016 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 66 %N 6 %P 2141-2145 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001001 %K leaf cutter ant %K Wickerhamomyces %K Ascomycota %K Acromyrmex %K Attini %I Microbiology Society, %X A novel ascomycetous yeast species in the genus Wickerhamomyces was isolated from the fungus garden of an attine ant nest, Acromyrmex lundii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from Santa Fe province, Argentina. Pairwise sequence alignment of D1/D2 sequences in the GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) database revealed that the novel species is related most closely to Wickerhamomyces subpelliculosus, Wickerhamomyces linferdii, Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Wickerhamomyces siamensis and Wickerhamomyces ciferrii with 96% similarity to the first four. The species name Wickerhamomyces spegazzinii sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate this novel strain, which differs from the above species in melibiose, 5-keto-D-gluconate, succinate, and DL-lactate assimilation among others. The type strain is JLU025T (=CBS 12756T=CBMAI 1619T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001001