Candida cellulosicola sp. nov., a xylose-utilizing anamorphic yeast from rotten wood

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2012 Jan;62(Pt 1):242-245. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.031351-0. Epub 2011 Mar 11.

Abstract

Two xylose-utilizing yeast strains isolated from rotten wood collected in the rainforest in different mountains of Hainan province, southern China, were studied. Sequence analysis of the large subunit rDNA D1/D2 domain and internal transcribed spacer region revealed that the strains represent a novel anamorphic yeast species, for which the name Candida cellulosicola sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is HNX16-2(T) (=CGMCC 2.3503(T)=CBS 11952(T)). Phylogenetically, the novel species was closely related to a xylose-utilizing teleomorphic ascomycetous yeast species Spencermartinsiella europaea in the family Trichomonascaceae, but differed from the latter by 3.0% mismatches in the D1/D2 domain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Candida / classification*
  • Candida / isolation & purification
  • Candida / metabolism*
  • China
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Fungal / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Trees
  • Wood / microbiology*
  • Xylose / metabolism*

Substances

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

Associated data

  • GENBANK/HM151013
  • GENBANK/HM151014
  • GENBANK/HM151015
  • GENBANK/HM151016