| Literature DB >> 31227903 |
Sophia González-Martínez1, Clara Galindo-Sánchez2, Edgar López-Landavery2, Carmen Paniagua-Chávez2, Amelia Portillo-López3.
Abstract
An obligate halophile fungal was isolated from 275 m deep marine sediments and is characterized here for the first time. Its optimal growth was at 15% NaCl even though it was able to grow at 25% and is incapable of growth with no NaCl. Based on its morphological characteristics as conidia chain production in a single phialide, the fungal is related to the genus Aspergillus, subgenus Polypaecilum. Phylogenetic molecular analysis using several markers (ITS1-2; RPB1; RPB2; Cct8; TSR1; CaM; BenA) places the fungal isolate closer to Aspergillus salinarus and A. baarnensis. However, its morphological and molecular differences establish it as a new species, Aspergillus loretoensis sp. nov.Entities:
Keywords: Ascomycota; Extremophile fungi; Marine fungi; Micromycetes; Salt tolerance
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31227903 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-019-01107-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Extremophiles ISSN: 1431-0651 Impact factor: 2.395