title: Sporobolomyces koalae sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from nasal smears of Queensland koalas kept in a Japanese zoological park.
abstract: Three strains (JCM 15063(T), JCM 15098 and JCM 15099) of a novel basidiomycetous yeast species belonging to the genus Sporobolomyces were isolated from nasal smears of Queensland koalas kept in a Japanese zoological park. Analyses of sequences of the nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer region and the 26S rDNA D1/D2 domain and morphological studies indicated that these strains represent a novel species with a close phylogenetic relationship to Sporobolomyces carnicolor and Sporobolomyces japonicus in the Sporidiobolus lineage, for which the name Sporobolomyces koalae sp. nov. is proposed (type strain JCM 15063(T) =CBS 10914(T) =DSM 19992(T)).
authors.affiliation: Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000382:microbiology*; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D048368:Phascolarctidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011793:Queensland; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S