Two new ballistoconidium-forming yeast species, Bullera melastomae and Bullera formosana, found in Taiwan.
Two yeast strains, the cells of which contained xylose and Q-10 as the major ubiquinone, were isolated from a plant leaf collected in Taiwan. These yeasts were found to represent two new species of the genus Bullera in the Hymenomycetes. Identification was based on the sequence analysis of the 18S rDNA, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA. The yeasts are named Bullera melastomae sp. nov. and Bullera formosana sp. nov. In the phylogenetic trees based on 18S rDNA and D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA sequences, these two species constitute a cluster connected with Dioszegia cluster in the Cryptococcus luteolus lineage.
Nakase
Takashi
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Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama, Japan. nakase@biotec.or.th
Jan-ngam
Hathairat
H
Tsuzuki
Satoko
S
Lee
Fwu-Ling
FL
Jindamorakot
Sasitorn
S
Potacharoen
Wanchern
W
Tanticharoen
Morakot
M
Takashima
Masako
M
D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003067:Coenzymes; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D035322:Melastomataceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology*; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013624:Taiwan; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D014994:Xylose / Q000032:analysis
D003067:Coenzymes; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D011809:Quinones; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S; D014451:Ubiquinone; D014994:Xylose; C024989:coenzyme Q10