Saturnispora hagleri sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from Drosophila flies in Atlantic rainforest in Brazil

1 Laboratório de Microbiologia Ambiental e Biologia, Campus Universitário de Palmas, Fundação Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins, 77010-154, Brazil 2 Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7 3 Departamento de Microbiologia – ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil Correspondence Carlos A. Rosa carlrosa{at}icb.ufmg.br Six strains representing a novel yeast species belonging to the genus Saturnispora were isolated from two species of the Drosophila fasciola subgroup ( Drosophila repleta group) in an Atlantic rainforest site in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Four strains were isolated from crops and one from external parts of Drosophila cardinae . The other strain was isolated from external parts of Drosophila fascioloides . Analysis of the D1/D2 large-subunit rDNA sequences indicated that the novel species is closely related to Saturnispora dispora . The name Saturnispora hagleri sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these strains. The type strain is UFMG-55 T (=CBS 10007 T =NRRL Y-27828 T ). Published online ahead of print on 1 March 2005 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63673-0. The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 26S rDNA sequence of UFMG-55 T is AY762363 . HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS INT J SYST EVOL MICROBIOL MICROBIOLOGY J GEN VIROL J MED MICROBIOL ALL SGM JOURNALS Copyright © 2005 by the International Union of Microbiological Societies.