title: Trichosporon japonicum sp. nov. isolated from the air.
abstract: A yeast strain isolated from the air in Japan was found to represent a new species, and was named Trichosporon japonicum. This species produced arthroconidia and appressoria. T. japonicum formed a cluster with the appressorium-forming species Trichosporon inkin and Trichosporon ovoides in a phylogenetic tree constructed using small-subunit rDNA sequences. However, they had low relatedness to each other in DNA-DNA hybridization experiments. T. japonicum is distinguished from both T. inkin and T. ovoides by its ability to assimilate inulin, and its inability to assimilate L-rhamnose. JCM 8357T is the type strain of the species.
authors.affiliation: Japan Collection of Microorganisms, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama, Japan. sugita@ulmus.riken.go.jp
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authors.lastname: Sugita
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authors.lastname: Nakase
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D001482:Base Composition; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D007444:Inulin / Q000378:metabolism; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012210:Rhamnose / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D007444:Inulin; D012210:Rhamnose