Candida flosculorum sp. nov. and Candida floris sp. nov., two yeast species associated with tropical flowers.
Two ascomycetous yeast species, Candida flosculorum sp. nov. and Candida floris sp. nov., were isolated from tropical flowers and their associated insects. C. flosculorum was isolated from flower bracts of Heliconia velloziana and Heliconia episcopalis (Heliconiaceae) collected from two Atlantic rain forest sites in Brazil. C. floris was isolated from flowers of Ipomoea sp. (Convolvulaceae) growing on the banks of the river Paraguai in the pantanal ecosystem in Brazil and from an adult of the stingless bee Trigona sp. and a flower of Merremia quinquefolia (Convolvulaceae) in Costa Rica. C. flosculorum belongs to the Metschnikowiaceae clade and C. floris belongs to the Starmerella clade. The type strain of C. flosculorum is UFMG-JL13(T) (=CBS 10566(T)=NRRL Y-48258(T)) and the type strain of C. floris is UWO(PS) 00-226.2(T) (=CBS 10593(T)=NRRL Y-48255(T)).
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C. P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Carlos A
CA
Rosa
Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais e Departamento de Bioquímica e Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, C.P. 199, Rio Claro, SP 13506-900, Brazil.
Fernando C
FC
Pagnocca
Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
Marc-André
MA
Lachance
Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais e Departamento de Bioquímica e Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, C.P. 199, Rio Claro, SP 13506-900, Brazil.
Carla C C
CCC
Ruivo
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C. P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Adriana O
AO
Medeiros
Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C. P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Mariana R C
MRC
Pimentel
Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB, C. P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Julio C R
JCR
Fontenelle
Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB, C. P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Rogério P
RP
Martins
D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003364:Costa Rica; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D032427:Heliconiaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D027741:Ipomoea / Q000382:microbiology*; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S