Phylogenomic delineation of two new species of ascomycetous yeasts, Wickerhamiella koratensis sp. nov. and Wickerhamiella limtongiae sp. nov., and proposal of two synonyms, Wickerhamiella infanticola and Wickerhamiella tropicalis

Varunya Sakpuntoon, Nathida Srathongporn, Ana Pontes, Pannida Khunnamwong, Andreia Aires, Savitree Limtong, Carla Gonçalves, Paula Gonçalves, José Paulo Sampaio, Nantana Srisuk

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Abstract

Two novel ascomycetous yeast species of the genus Wickerhamiella are proposed based on isolates obtained in Thailand from food waste and the fruiting body of a polypore fungus, and on a combination of conventional DNA-barcode sequence analyses and whole-genome phylogenies. We focus on a particular subclade of the genus Wickerhamiella that contains species found in anthropic environments and describe Wickerhamiella limtongiae sp. nov. (DMKU-FW31-5T=PYCC 9022T=TBRC 15055T), found on food waste samples. In an adjacent clade, we describe Wickerhamiella koratensis sp. nov. (DMKU-KO16T=PYCC 8908T=TBRC 14869T), which represents the closest relative of Wickerhamiella slavikovae and was isolated from the fruiting body of Bjerkan-dera sp. In the subclade of W. limtongiae sp. nov., we propose that Wickerhamiella infanticola should be regarded as a synonym of Wickerhamiella sorbophila and that Wickerhamiella tropicalis should be regarded as a synonym of Wickerhamiella verensis.
Original languageEnglish
Article number006282
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume74
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2024

Keywords

  • taxogenomics
  • whole-genome phylogeny
  • Wickerhamiella infanticola
  • Wickerhamiella koratensis sp. nov
  • Wickerhamiella limtongiae sp. nov
  • Wickerhamiella tropicalis

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