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Antarctomyces psychrotrophicus gen. et sp. nov., a new ascomycete from Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2001

Alberto M. STCHIGEL
Affiliation:
Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut & Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Llorenç. 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
Josep CANO
Affiliation:
Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut & Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Llorenç. 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
Walter MAC CORMACK
Affiliation:
Instituto Antártico Argentino, Departamento de Biología, C/Cerrito 1248 (1010), Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: umb@fmcs.urv.es
Josep GUARRO
Affiliation:
Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut & Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Llorenç. 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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Abstract

A new ascomycete, Antarctomyces psychrotrophicus gen. et sp. nov., characterised by naked asci, hyaline, thick-walled, ellipsoidal to fusiform, echinulate ascospores, and blastoconidia, isolated from Antarctican soil samples, is described and illustrated. Analysis of the nuclear rDNA ITS region sequences showed that this taxon is related to Thelebolaceae.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 2001

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