Three novel species of the anamorphic yeast genus Candida in the Candida intermedia clade found in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan

Abstract

Four strains of yeasts isolated in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan were found to represent three novel species of the genus Candida. The three species are located in a clade including Candida tsuchiyae, Candida thailandica and Candida akabanensis in a tree based on the D1/D2 domain sequences of the large subunit rRNA genes but clearly differentiated from these relative species. Three novel species are proposed for these strains, i. e., Candida berkhoutiae sp. nov., for strains ST-49^T (=BCC 7749^T=NBRC 106733^T=CBS 11722^T) isolated from insect frass in Thailand and SA13S01 (=NBRC 106053) isolated from soil in Taiwan, Candida ezoensis sp. nov., for strain Y07-1601-2^T (=NBRC 105019^T=CBS 11753^T) isolated from forest soil in Japan, and Candida inulinophila sp. nov., for ST-369^T (=BCC 15081^T=NBRC 106735^T=CBS 11725^T) isolated from an unidentified wild mushroom from Thailand.