MYXOZYMA NIPPONENSIS SP. NOV. (CANDIDACEAE), A NEW SPECIES RECOVERED FROM FRASS OF IPS TYPOGRAPHUS F. JAPONICUS NIIJIMA

Abstract

Two strains of an undescribed species belonging to the anamorphic genus Myxozyma were recovered from frass of a Ips typographus f. japonicus larvae. The strains differ from the accepted species of the genus in their utilization of carbon sources, mol% G+C and low percentage of DNA-DNA homology. A description of the new species Myxozyma nipponensis is given and a key to the genus is provided.