Two new species of the industrially relevant genus Absidia (Mucorales) from soil of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

ABSTRACT During a survey of Mucorales in soil from an upland forest area in Pernambuco, Brazil, two specimens were isolated and characterized based on their morphological, physiological, and molecular data (ITS and LSU rDNA). Phylogenetic analyses of the isolates revealed that the strains URM 8209 and URM 8210 are closely related to species of Absidia. URM 8209 forms conical, subglobose, and strawberry-shaped columellae and the sporangiospores are cylindrical and ellipsoid. URM 8210 produces hemispheric, subglobose, and strawberry-shaped columellae and the sporangiospores are globose, subglobose, ellipsoid, and short cylindrical. Based on evidence obtained through analysis of datasets (LSU and ITS rDNA regions), A. saloaensis sp. nov. (URM 8209) and A. multispora sp. nov. (URM 8210) are proposed here as novel species of Absidia. A table with morphological characteristics of Neotropical Absidia spp. is provided.

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Main Authors:	Cordeiro,Thalline Rafhaella Leite, Nguyen,Thuong Thuong Thi, Lima,Diogo Xavier, Silva,Suzana Brito Gomes da, Lima,Catarina Ferreira de, Leitão,Joana D’Arc Alves, Gurgel,Luciana Melo Sartori, Lee,Hyang Burm, Santiago,André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2020
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062020000300549
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