Three novel species of the anamorphic yeast genus Candida in the Candida intermedia clade found in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan

[摘要] Four strains of yeasts isolated in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan were found to represent three novel species of the genus Candida. The three species are located in a clade including Candida tsuchiyae, Candida thailandica and Candida akabanensis in a tree based on the D1/D2 domain sequences of the large subunit rRNA genes but clearly differentiated from these relative species. Three novel species are proposed for these strains, i. e., Candida berkhoutiae sp. nov., for strains ST-49T (=BCC 7749T=NBRC 106733T=CBS 11722T) isolated from insect frass in Thailand and SA13S01 (=NBRC 106053) isolated from soil in Taiwan, Candida ezoensis sp. nov., for strain Y07-1601-2T (=NBRC 105019T=CBS 11753T) isolated from forest soil in Japan, and Candida inulinophila sp. nov., for ST-369T (=BCC 15081T=NBRC 106735T=CBS 11725T) isolated from an unidentified wild mushroom from Thailand.

[学科分类] 微生物学和免疫学

[关键词] Candida berkhoutiae sp. nov.;Candida ezoensis sp. nov.;Candida inulinophila sp. nov.;novel ascomycetous yeasts