title: Kwoniella shandongensis sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from soil and bark from an apple orchard.
abstract: Four basidiomycetous yeast strains (Y13-1(T), Y2-1, Y6-3 and Y8-2) were isolated from soil and bark collected from an apple orchard in Tai'an, Shandong province, PR China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 26S rRNA gene D1/D2 domains and ITS regions revealed that these novel strains were located in the Kwoniella clade in the class Tremellomycetes and were closely related to Cryptococcus cuniculi and Kwoniella heveanensis, but were clearly distinct from these species. Therefore, it is proposed that the new strains represent a novel species, Kwoniella shandongensis sp. nov., with the type strain Y13-1(T)(=CGMCC 2.04458(T)=CBS 12478(T)). The MycoBank number for the novel species is MB 564868.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
authors.forename: Ru
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Mao
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
authors.forename: Shao-Chong
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 52 Sanlihe Road, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Qi-Ming
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002681:China; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D027845:Malus / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000382:microbiology; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S