title: Candida patagonica sp. nov., a new species of yeast from cellar surfaces.
abstract: A novel anamorphic yeast species belonging to the genus Candida has been isolated from cellar surfaces in North Patagonia. Morphological and physiological observation and phylogenetic analysis were performed. Pseudomycelium was plentifully produced. No sexual reproduction was observed. From sequence analysis of the 26S rDNA D1/D2 region, Candida bituminiphila and Zygoascus hellenicus were the closest species with 40 and 79 bp substitutions, respectively. C. bituminiphila differed physiologically from the novel species in its ability to assimilate sucrose and erythritol, in not fermenting any sugars, in growing without some vitamin compounds, and in growing at 40 degrees C. All these data support the hypothesis that the new yeast, named Candida patagonica, is a novel species related to C. bituminiphila. The type strain is UNCOMA 159.5 (= CECT 12029 = CBS 10443).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Laboratorio de Microbiología y Biotecnología, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400, (8300), Neuquén, Argentina.
authors.forename: Marcela P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sangorrín
authors.forename: Christian A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belloch
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Querol
authors.forename: Adriana C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Caballero
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal