Torulaspora pahokee M. Silva, F. Paraíso, M. Groenewald, J.W. Fell & J.P. Sampaio, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.08 |
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Torulaspora pahokee M. Silva, F. Paraíso, M. Groenewald, J.W. Fell & J.P. Sampaio |
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Torulaspora pahokee M. Silva, F. Paraíso, M. Groenewald, J.W. Fell & J.P. Sampaio , sp. nov. MB 853985 View Materials . Fig. 4Y–Z View Fig .
Etymology: Torulaspora pahokee . pa.ho’kee, NL. app. n. pahokee, referring to Pahokee, meaning “Grassy Water”, the name given to the Everglades by the Seminole, a Native American tribe that inhabits Florida.
Typus: USA, Florida, Everglades, sea water, 1996, J. Fell (holotype PYCC 9316H, ex-holotype cultures PYCC 9316, CBS 11100). The holotype is permanently maintained in a metabolically inactive state in the Portuguese Yeast Culture Collection, Caparica, Portugal. The genome of this species was deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession GCA_012851095. The version described in this paper is v. 1. Description: After 1 wk on YM agar at 25 °C, cultures are smooth, cream-coloured, and butyrous. After 3 d of growth on YM agar at 25 °C, cells are globose (3–5 µm) to sub-globose (4–5 × 2–3 µm) and occur singly or in pairs, and proliferation is by multilateral budding ( Fig. 4Y View Fig ). On Dalmau plates after 2 wk at 25 °C, no pseudohyphae nor true hyphae are formed. Sexual reproduction is observed on acetate agar after 10 d at 17 °C, and the studied strains appear to be homothallic. Asci are persistent and are formed after cell-to-cell conjugation involving either a cell and its bud or two independent cells. Asci produce one to two smooth and spherical ascospores, measuring 2.5–3 µm diam. ( Fig. 4Z View Fig ). Typical Torulaspora cellular extensions that resemble conjugation tubes are frequent but not involved in conjugation. The physiological and biochemical profile of the species in shown in Table 1 and Table S5.
Habitat and distribution: This species was found in sea water, Everglades, Florida, USA
Additional cultures examined: CBS 11121, CBS 11123, CBS 11124 (see Table S1 for details).
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