Abstract
Two novel yeast species, Asterotremella meifongana sp. nov. and Asterotremella nantouana sp. nov., belonging to Asterotremellaceae within the Trichosporonales, are proposed to accommodate five strains isolated from Taiwanese samples of soil and basidiocarps during 2006–2007. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene revealed that the two species are phylogenetically closely related to species of the genus Asterotremella, which indicates that they are members of the genus. The two species can be further differentiated from other Asterotremella species based on their internal transcribed spacer sequences, as well as on a few physiological test responses. The type strains are A. meifongana SN4S04T (=CBS 11424T = BCRC 23196T) and A. nantouana SN5S06T (=CBS 10890T = BCRC 23135T).
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This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid (NSC 97-2621-B-134-001-MY3) from the National Science Council, Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
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Liu, YR., Huang, LY., Young, SS. et al. Asterotremella meifongana sp. nov. and Asterotremella nantouana sp. nov., two anamorphic basidiomycetous yeasts isolated from soil and mushrooms. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 99, 643–650 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-010-9537-y
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