title: Candida easanensis sp. nov., Candida pattaniensis sp. nov. and Candida nakhonratchasimensis sp. nov., three new species of yeasts isolated from insect frass in Thailand.
abstract: Six strains of anamorphic yeasts isolated from insect frass collected in several regions of Thailand were assigned to the genus Candida based on the conventional taxonomic criteria used for yeast classification. These strains have Q-7 as the major ubiquinone and are suggested to have close relationships to the genus Pichia. Three strains, ST-225, ST-228 and ST-229, have identical nucleotide sequences in the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA and are closely related to Pichia japonica, but differ by six nucleotides (1.1% ) from this species. These three strains are considered to represent a single new species, which is described as Candida easanensis sp. nov. Two strains, ST-311 and ST-320, have identical sequences in the D1/D2 domain and resemble Pichia veronae and Pichia fabianii but differ from them by nine nucleotides (1.6%) in D1/D2 sequences. The two strains are described as Candida pattaniensis sp. nov. The remaining strain, ST-37, is related to Pichia americana and Pichia bimundalis but differs by six(1.1%) and seven (1.2%) nucleotides from these species, respectively. This strain is described as Candida nakhonratchasimensis sp. nov.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sasitorn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jindamorakot
authors.forename: Somjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Am-In
authors.forename: Tran Thanh
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Thuy
authors.forename: Ngo Duc
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Duy
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Wanchern
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Potacharoen
authors.forename: Savitree
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Limtong
authors.forename: Morakot
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanticharoen
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakase
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D013785:Thailand