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

Takashi Nakase; Sasitorn Jindamorakot; Somjit Am-In; Ching-Fu Lee; Savitree Limtong

doi:10.2323/jgam.57.231

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

Takashi Nakase, Sasitorn Jindamorakot, Somjit Am-In, Ching-Fu Lee, Savitree Limtong

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Keywords: Candida bambusicola sp. nov., Candida nongkhaiensis sp. nov., Candida succicola sp. nov., Candida touchengensis sp. nov., novel anamorphic yeast species

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2011 Volume 57 Issue 4 Pages 231-242

DOI https://doi.org/10.2323/jgam.57.231

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Abstract

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-50^T = BCC 7750^T = NBRC 106734^T = CBS 11723^T), Candida nongkhaiensis sp. nov. (type strain, ST-95^T = BCC 8331^T = NBRC 105874^T =CBS 11724^T) and Candida succicola sp. nov. (type strain, ST-631^T = BCC 15314^T = NBRC 106736^T = CBS 11726^T), respectively, and the species from Taiwan is described as Candida touchengensis sp. nov. (type strain, SY4S03^T = NBRC 102647^T = BCRC 23097^T = CBS 10585^T).

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