Candida asparagi sp. nov., Candida diospyri sp. nov. and Candida qinlingensis sp. nov., novel anamorphic, ascomycetous yeast species

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2004 Jul;54(Pt 4):1409-1414. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.03055-0.

Abstract

Among ascomycetous yeasts that were isolated from several nature reserve areas in China, three anamorphic strains isolated from soil (QL 5-5T) and fruit (QL 21-2T and SN 15-1T) were revealed, by conventional characterization and molecular phylogenetic analysis based on internal transcribed spacer and large subunit (26S) rRNA gene D1/D2 region sequencing, to represent three novel species in the genus Candida. Candida qinlingensis sp. nov. (type strain, QL 5-5T=AS 2.2524T=CBS 9768T) was related closely to a teleomorphic species, Williopsis pratensis. The close relatives of Candida diospyri sp. nov. (type strain, QL 21-2T=AS 2.2525T=CBS 9769T) are Candida friedrichii and Candida membranifaciens. Candida asparagi sp. nov. (type strain, SN 15-1T=AS 2.2526T=CBS 9770T) forms a clade with Candida fructus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Candida / classification*
  • Candida / cytology
  • Candida / genetics
  • Candida / isolation & purification*
  • China
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Diospyros / microbiology*
  • Food Microbiology
  • Fruit / microbiology
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycological Typing Techniques
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Fungal / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology
  • Soil Microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • RNA, Fungal
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, ribosomal, 26S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY450916
  • GENBANK/AY450917
  • GENBANK/AY450918
  • GENBANK/AY450919
  • GENBANK/AY450920
  • GENBANK/AY450921
  • GENBANK/AY452739
  • GENBANK/AY452740
  • GENBANK/AY452741
  • GENBANK/AY452742