title: Wickerhamomyces mori sp. nov., an anamorphic yeast species found in the guts of wood-boring insect larvae.
abstract: A novel anamorphic yeast species is described to accommodate three isolates recovered from the guts of three different wood-boring insect larvae collected in Henan, central China. On the basis of sequence analyses of the D1/D2 domains of the large-subunit rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer regions, the three strains are assigned to a novel species of the genus Wickerhamomyces, although the formation of ascospores was not observed. These strains also exhibited a number of distinct morphological and physiological characteristics that clearly differentiated them from Wickerhamomyces mucosus, Candida odintsovae and Wickerhamomyces rabaulensis, the most closely related species. In view of the phenotypic differences and unique rRNA gene sequences, we consider that these three isolates represent a novel species of the genus Wickerhamomyces, Wickerhamomyces mori sp. nov. The type strain is NYNU 1216(T) ( = CICC 1983(T)  = CBS 12678(T)).
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China.
authors.forename: Feng-Li
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China.
authors.forename: Xue-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China.
authors.forename: Qiu-Hong
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal