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ArticleStudies in mycology2008

Redefinition of Aureobasidium pullulans and its varieties.

P Zalar, C Gostincar, G S de Hoog, V Ursic, M Sudhadham, N Gunde-Cimerman

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Article in Studies in mycology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

P ZalarDepartment of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
C Gostincar
G S de Hoog
V Ursic
M Sudhadham
N Gunde-Cimerman
University of Ljubljana · SIWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using media with low water activity, a large numbers of aureobasidium-like black yeasts were isolated from glacial and subglacial ice of three polythermal glaciers from the coastal Arctic environment of Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, Spitsbergen), as well as from adjacent sea water, sea ice and glacial meltwaters. To characterise the genetic variability of Aureobasidium pullulans strains originating from the Arctic and strains originating pan-globally, a multilocus molecular analysis was performed, through rDNA (internal transcribed spacers, partial 28 S rDNA), and partial introns and exons of genes encoding beta-tubulin (TUB), translation elongation factor (EF1alpha) and elongase (ELO). Two globally ubiquitous varieties were distinguished: var. pullulans, occurring particularly in slightly osmotic substrates and in the phyllosphere; and var. melanogenum, mainly isolated from watery habitats. Both varieties were commonly isolated from the sampled Arctic habitats. However, some aureobasidium-like strains from subglacial ice from three different glaciers in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, Spitsbergen), appeared to represent a new variety of A. pullulans. A strain from dolomitic marble in Namibia was found to belong to yet another variety. No molecular support has as yet been found for the previously described var. aubasidani. A partial elongase-encoding gene was successfully used as a phylogenetic marker at the (infra-)specific level.

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ArcticAureobasidiumblack yeastselongaseglacierITSLSUphylogenypolar environmentrDNAsea iceseawatertaxonomytranslation elongation factorβ-tubulin

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PMCPMC2610310
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