title: Kazachstania rupicola sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from water tanks of a bromeliad in Brazil.
abstract: Two isolates of a novel yeast species were obtained from water tanks (phytotelmata) of the bromeliad Vriesea minarum collected in a tableland ('campo rupestre') ecosystem in Brazil. The sequences of the D1/D2 domains of the large-subunit rRNA gene showed that this species is related to Kazachstania exigua and others, from which it differs by 8-10 nucleotide substitutions. The novel species Kazachstania rupicola sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these isolates. The type strain is UFMG-BRO-80(T) ( = CBS 12684(T)  = CBMAI 1466(T)).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, CP 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvana Vilas Boas
authors.initials: SVB
authors.lastname: Safar
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 30421-169, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fátima C O
authors.initials: FCO
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologias Ambientais, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 30421-169, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andréa R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Marques
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; D031229:Bromeliaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal