title: Bensingtonia changbaiensis sp. nov. and Bensingtonia sorbi sp. nov., novel ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from plant leaves.
abstract: Six ballistoconidium-forming yeast strains that were isolated from plant leaves collected on Changbai Mountain, north-east China, were assigned to the genus Bensingtonia Ingold emend. Nakase & Boekhout due to the formation of asymmetrical ballistoconidia, cream-coloured colonies and Q-9 as the major ubiquinone. Two separate groups, representing two novel Bensingtonia species, were recognized among these yeasts by 26S rDNA D1/D2 domain, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and 18S rDNA sequence analyses. The names Bensingtonia changbaiensis sp. nov. (type strain, CB 346(T)=AS 2.2310(T)=CBS 9497(T)) and Bensingtonia sorbi sp. nov. (type strain, CB 286(T)=AS 2.2303(T)=CBS 9498(T)) are proposed for these two species.
authors.affiliation: Systematic Mycology and Lichenology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Qi-Ming
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng-Yan
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification