title: Candida amazonensis sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast isolated from rotting wood in the Amazonian forest.
abstract: Five strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from rotting wood samples collected in an Amazonian forest site in the state of Roraima, northern Brazil. The sequences of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit of the rRNA gene showed that this species belongs to the Scheffersomyces clade and is related to Candida coipomoensis, Candida lignicola and Candida queiroziae. The novel species Candida amazonensis sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these isolates. The type strain of C. amazonensis sp. nov. is UFMG-HMD-26.3(T) ( = CBS 12363(T) = NRRL Y-48762(T)).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, CP 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cadete
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, CP 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Monaliza A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, CP 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Roraima - Campus do Paricarana, Boa Vista, RR 69310-270, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gilmara M D
authors.initials: GMD
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Agrobiologia, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jerri E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Zilli
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Roraima - Campus do Paricarana, Boa Vista, RR 69310-270, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos J S
authors.initials: MJS
authors.lastname: Vital
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 30480-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fátima C O
authors.initials: FCO
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada.
authors.forename: Marc-André
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lachance
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, CP 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014197:Trees / Q000382:microbiology*; D014934:Wood / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S