Candida spencermartinsiae sp. nov., Candida taylorii sp. nov. and Pseudozyma abaconensis sp. nov., novel yeasts from mangrove and coral reef ecosystems

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010 Aug;60(Pt 8):1978-1984. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.016857-0. Epub 2009 Sep 25.

Abstract

Three species of yeasts are taxonomically described for strains isolated from marine environments. Candida spencermartinsiae sp. nov. (type strain CBS 10894T =NRRL Y-48663T) and Candida taylorii sp. nov. (type strain CBS 8508T =NRRL Y-27213T) are anamorphic ascomycetous yeasts in a phylogenetic cluster of marine yeasts in the Debaryomyces/Lodderomyces clade of the Saccharomycetales. The two species were isolated from multiple locations among coral reefs and mangrove habitats. Pseudozyma abaconensis sp. nov. (type strain CBS 8380T =NRRL Y-17380T) is an anamorphic basidiomycete that is related to the smut fungi of the genus Ustilago in the Ustilaginales. P. abaconensis was collected from waters adjacent to a coral reef.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / microbiology*
  • Basidiomycota / classification*
  • Basidiomycota / genetics
  • Basidiomycota / isolation & purification*
  • Basidiomycota / metabolism
  • Candida / classification*
  • Candida / genetics
  • Candida / isolation & purification*
  • Candida / metabolism
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Fatty Acids / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Seawater / microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Fatty Acids

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FJ008044
  • GENBANK/FJ008045
  • GENBANK/FJ008047
  • GENBANK/FJ008050
  • GENBANK/FJ008051
  • GENBANK/FJ008053