Open AccessCandida ogatae sp. nov., an anamorphic member of the Kuraishia clade
Author(s) -
Péter Gábor,
TornaiLehoczki Judit,
Dlauchy Dénes
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00466.x
Subject(s) - biology , internal transcribed spacer , clade , ribosomal rna , yeast , gene , ascospore , genetics , protein subunit , phylogenetic tree , microbiology and biotechnology , spore
Abstract Three methanol‐assimilating yeast strains representing a hitherto undescribed species were isolated from rotten wood and freshwater samples collected in Hungary. Analysis of the D1/D2 large subunit rRNA gene sequences placed the strains in the Kuraishia clade; however, no ascospore formation was observed. These strains differ from Candida hungarica , the genetically most closely related recognized species, by four and five substitutions in D1/D2 and by >1% and 4% differences in the internal transcribed spacer and in the mitochondrial small subunit rRNA gene regions, respectively. Some phenotypic differences were also observed. Candida ogatae , a novel yeast species, is proposed to accommodate these isolates. The type culture is NCAIM Y.01845 T (CBS 10924, NRRL Y‐48474).