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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
; 62(Pt 2): 459-464, 2012 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21478396
RESUMO
Two novel yeast species were isolated from nectar of flower bracts of Heliconia psittacorum (Heliconiaceae) collected in a Cerrado ecosystem in the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil. Wickerhamiella pagnoccae sp. nov., which is closely related to Candida jalapaonensis, is heterothallic and produces one spheroid ascospore per ascus. Candida tocantinsensis sp. nov. belongs to the Metschnikowiaceae clade and its nearest relative is Candida ubatubensis, but the sequence identity (%) in the D1/D2 domains of the rRNA gene is low. The type strain of W. pagnoccae is UFMG-F18C1(T) (â=âCBS 12178(T)â=âNRRL Y-48735(T)) and the type strain of C. tocantinsensis is UFMG-F16D1(T) (â=âCBS 12177(T)â=âNRRL Y-48734(T)).