Open AccessCandida riodocensis and Candida cellae , two new yeast species from the Starmerella clade associated with solitary bees in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil
Author(s) -
Pimentel Mariana R.C.,
Antonini Yasmine,
Martins Rogério P.,
Lachance MarcAndré,
Rosa Carlos A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
fems yeast research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1567-1364
pISSN - 1567-1356
DOI - 10.1016/j.femsyr.2005.03.006
Subject(s) - biology , nectar , clade , pollen , botany , atlantic forest , yeast , zoology , phylogenetics , ecology , gene , genetics
Two new ascomycetous yeast species belonging to the Starmerella clade were discovered in nests of two solitary bee species in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil. Candida riodocensis was isolated from pollen‐nectar provisions, larvae and fecal pellets of nests of Megachile sp., and Candida cellae was found in pollen‐nectar provisions of Centris tarsata . Analysis of the sequences of the D1/D2 large‐subunit ribosomal DNA showed that C. riodocensis is phylogenetically related to C. batistae , and the closest relative of C. cellae is C. etchellsii . The type strains are C. riodocensis UFMG‐MG02 (=CBS 10087 T = NRRL Y‐27859 T ) and C. cellae UFMG‐PC04 (=CBS 10086 T = NRRL Y‐27860 T ).