The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
Online ISSN : 1349-8037
Print ISSN : 0022-1260
ISSN-L : 0022-1260
A NEW SPECIES, TRICHOSPORON DOMESTICUM, ISOLATED FROM THE HOUSE OF A SUMMER-TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS PATIENT IN JAPAN
TAKASHI SUGITAAKEMI NISHIKAWATAKAKO SHINODAKAZUKO YOSHIDAMASAYUKI ANDO
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1995 Volume 41 Issue 5 Pages 429-436

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A new species, Trichosporon domesticum Sugita, Nishikawa et Shinoda, is proposed for a strain isolated from the house of a summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis patient in Kumamoto, Japan. The nuclear DNA of T. domesticum showed intermediate relatedness to that of T. montevideense; however, their genome sizes were significantly different. These findings suggest that they represent separate species. T. domesticum is distinguished from T. montevideense by its inability to assimilate D-arabinose, ribitol, and dulcitol. The type strain of T. domesticum is strain M 9401, which has been deposited in the Japan Collection of Microorganisms as JCM 9580.

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