Open AccessSequence‐based identification of species belonging to the genus Debaryomyces
Author(s) -
Martorell Patricia,
FernándezEspinar M. Teresa,
Querol Amparo
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.2005.05.002
Subject(s) - biology , debaryomyces hansenii , genus , sequence (biology) , ribosomal rna , similarity (geometry) , sequence analysis , zoology , genetics , yeast , gene , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
In the present study we assessed the identification by sequence analysis of the 15 species belonging to the genus Debaryomyces . We found that the following species can be identified both quickly and correctly by direct sequence comparison of the ribosomal 5.8S‐ITS region: D. carsonii , D. etchelsii , D. maramus , D. melissophilus , D. occidentalis and D. yamadae . In contrast, the species D. castellii , D. coudertii , D. hansenii , D. nepalensis , D. polymorphus , D. pseudopolymorphus , D. robertsiae , D. udenii and D. vanrijiae showed high sequence similarity in ribosomal regions with one or several species. In these cases, sequence comparison of the ACT1 gene is proposed to ensure unequivocal strain designation.