title: New species and a new combination in the Hyphopichia and Yarrowia yeast clades.
abstract: Three new species of Candida and a new combination in the genus Hyphopichia are proposed from phylogenetic analysis of nucleotide divergence in domains D1/D2 of the large subunit (26S) rDNA. The new taxa and their type strains are the following: Candida bentonensis sp. nov. (NRRL YB-2364, CBS 9994), Candida hispaniensis sp. nov. (NRRL Y-5580, CBS 9996), Candida pseudorhagii sp. nov. (NRRL YB-2076, CBS 9998) and Hyphopichia heimii comb. nov. (NRRL Y-7502, CBS 6139), basionym Pichia heimii Pignal. Phylogenetic analysis placed C. pseudorhagii and H. heimii in the Hyphopichia clade whereas C. bentonensis and C. hispaniensis are members of the Yarrowia clade.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA. Kurtzman@ncaur.usda.gov
authors.forename: Cletus P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kurtzman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D010843:Pichia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D025062:Yarrowia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S