Four novel species of the anamorphic yeast genus Candida found in Thailand and Taiwan

[摘要] Four strains of yeasts isolated in Thailand and Taiwan were found to represent four distinct novel species of the ascomycetous anamorphic yeast genus Candida. These strains are located in the Clavispora-Metschnikowia clade in a phylogenetic tree based on the D1/D2 domain sequences of the large subunit rRNA genes. Together with Candida picinguabensis and Candida saopaulonensis, the four novel species constitute a well-separated subclade from other species of the Clavispora-Metschnikowia clade. Three species from Thailand are described as Candida bambusicola sp. nov. (type strain, ST-50T = BCC 7750T = NBRC 106734T = CBS 11723T), Candida nongkhaiensis sp. nov. (type strain, ST-95T = BCC 8331T = NBRC 105874T =CBS 11724T) and Candida succicola sp. nov. (type strain, ST-631T = BCC 15314T = NBRC 106736T = CBS 11726T), respectively, and the species from Taiwan is described as Candida touchengensis sp. nov. (type strain, SY4S03T = NBRC 102647T = BCRC 23097T = CBS 10585T).

[学科分类] 微生物学和免疫学

[关键词] Candida bambusicola sp. nov.;Candida nongkhaiensis sp. nov.;Candida succicola sp. nov.;Candida touchengensis sp. nov.;novel anamorphic yeast species