Five novel species of the anamorphic genus Candida in the Cyberlindnera clade isolated from natural substrates in Taiwan

• Published in: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Vol. 102; no. 1; pp. 9 - 21
• Main Authors: Chang, Chin-Feng, Liu, Yi-Ru, Chen, Shan-Fu, Naumov, Gennadi I., Naumova, Elena S., Lee, Ching-Fu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-06-2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Candida; Candida - classification; Candida - genetics; Candida - isolation & purification; Cluster Analysis; DNA, Fungal - chemistry; DNA, Fungal - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Environmental Microbiology; Genes, rRNA; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Mountain regions; Mountains; Mycological Typing Techniques; New species; Original Paper; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant Sciences; RNA, Fungal - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal - genetics; rRNA; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil Science & Conservation; Taiwan; Taxonomy; Yeast; Yeasts; Taiwan; New yeast species
• ISSN: 0003-6072; 1572-9699
• DOI: 10.1007/s10482-012-9708-0

Twelve strains representing five novel yeast species were isolated from natural samples distributed in mountain areas in Taiwan during 2007 and 2009. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene revealed that these species are members of the
Cyberlindnera
clade. These five new species have a greater than 1% difference from their closest relatives in the sequences of the D1/D2 domain of the LSU rRNA gene and were well separated from their closest relatives in terms of physiological characteristics. Moreover, a sexual state could not be found in these five novel yeast species. Therefore, the scientific names of
Candida maesa
sp. nov. (type strain GJ8L01
T
),
Candida takata
sp. nov. (type strain EN25S01
T
),
Candida taoyuanica
sp. nov. (type strain GY15S07
T
),
Candida hungchunana
sp. nov. (type strain NC3W71
T
) and
Candida stauntonica
sp. nov. (type strain GY13L05
T
) were proposed to accommodate these yeasts.