title: Candida cellulosicola sp. nov., a xylose-utilizing anamorphic yeast from rotten wood.
abstract: Two xylose-utilizing yeast strains isolated from rotten wood collected in the rainforest in different mountains of Hainan province, southern China, were studied. Sequence analysis of the large subunit rDNA D1/D2 domain and internal transcribed spacer region revealed that the strains represent a novel anamorphic yeast species, for which the name Candida cellulosicola sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is HNX16-2(T) (=CGMCC 2.3503(T)=CBS 11952(T)). Phylogenetically, the novel species was closely related to a xylose-utilizing teleomorphic ascomycetous yeast species Spencermartinsiella europaea in the family Trichomonascaceae, but differed from the latter by 3.0% mismatches in the D1/D2 domain.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, PR China.|State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Xinyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Honors Program for Life Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China.
authors.forename: Hongkun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Feng-Yan
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Bai
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014197:Trees; D014934:Wood / Q000382:microbiology*; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S; D014994:Xylose