Wickerhamiella lachancei f.a. sp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast species isolated from flowers of Lantana camara in India

Rameshwar Avchar, Gargi Giri, Lucky Thakkar, Avinash Sharma, José Paulo Sampaio

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Abstract

Two isolates representing a novel species of the genus Wickerhamiella were obtained in India from nectar of flowers of Lantana camara, an ornamental exotic species native to Central and South America. Phylogenetic analyses of the D1/D2 domain of the 26S large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, and physiological characteristics, supported the recognition of the novel species, that we designate Wickerhamiella lachancei sp. nov (MycoBank no. MB851709), with MCC 9929T as the holotype and PYCC 10003T as the isotype. Considering pairwise sequence similarity, the type strain of the novel species differs from the type strain of the most closely related species, Wickerhamiella drosophilae CBS 8459T, by 16 nucleotide substitutions and two gaps (3.9 % sequence variation) in the D1/D2 region (560 bp compared) and 28 nucleotide substitutions and five gaps (7.22 % sequence variation) in the ITS region (444 bp compared).
Original languageEnglish
Article number006365
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume74
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2024

Keywords

  • ascomycetous yeast
  • flower nectar microbiology
  • India
  • new yeast species
  • Wickerhamiella lachancei

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