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ArticleAntonie van Leeuwenhoek2024

Blastobotrys nigripullensis, a new yeast species isolated from a fungal outbreak on an ancient Roman shipwreck in the Netherlands.

Cobus M Visagie, Martin Meijer, Bart Kraak, Marizeth Groenewald, Jos Houbraken, Bart Theelen, Yardeni Vorst, Teun Boekhout

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Cobus M VisagieDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-5353
Martin MeijerWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI), Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9361-1107
Bart KraakWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI), Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1547-3543
Marizeth GroenewaldWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI), Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0835-5925
Jos HoubrakenWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI), Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4893-4438
Bart TheelenWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI), Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1333-2058
Yardeni VorstMuseumpark Archeon, Restoration Project: Operation Zwammerdam ships, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands.
Teun BoekhoutCollege of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. teun.boekhout@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0476-3609

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (RISE) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie 101008129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new species of the yeast genus Blastobotrys was discovered on ancient ship timbers in the Netherlands. The species had developed on the wood of a river barge dating to the Roman period. The growth occurred after the preservative polyethylene glycol (PEG 4000) was washed out of some of the timbers due to an undetected leak in the storage unit. Mycological analysis of various timber samples revealed the presence of Microascus melanosporus (predominant), Microascus paisii, a member of the Acremonium chrysogenum-clade, and a new Blastrobotrys species. The new species produced sporothrix-like conidiophores with clavate blastoconidia (3-7 × 1-3.5 μm) and was found to be osmotolerant, capable of growth on low water activity media like malt yeast 50% glucose agar (MY50G). In this article we formally describe and introduce Blastrobotrys nigripullensis (CBS 17879

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SaccharomycetalesDNA, FungalMycological Typing TechniquesNetherlandsPhylogenySequence Analysis, DNAWoodYeastsDNA, FungalBuried river bargeOak wood preservationPolyethylene glycolTrichomonascaceaeTrichomonascusYeasts phylogeny

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PMID38217778

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