CANDIDA TSUCHIYAE SP. NOV., ISOLATED FROM MOSS COLLECTED IN JAPAN

Abstract

Two strains of asporogenous yeasts isolated from moss collected in Japan were found to represent a new species of the genus Candida. This species resembled Candida musae and Candida haemulonii in taxonomic criteria commonly employed and several chemotaxonomic criteria. However, it could be clearly distinguished from these two species in DNA-DNA hybridization experiments. This yeast was named Candida tsuchiyae Nakase et Suzuki in honor of Prof. Tsuchiya who contributed much to the progress of the serological classification of yeasts. A description of this species is given. Strain JCM 1638 was designated as the type of this species.