Sung?Oui Suh|Joseph V. McHugh|Meredith Blackwell
Expansion of the Candida tanzawaensis yeast clade: 16 novel Candida species from basidiocarp-feeding beetles
Louisiana State University|University of Georgia|Louisiana State University
major clade new yeast taxa digestive tract basidiocarpfeeding beetles recognized based rrna gene sequence analyses almost 30 650 gut isolates formed statistically wellsupported clade included candida tanzawaensis yeasts clade isolated 11 families beetles tenebrionidae erotylidae commonly sampled repeated isolation certain yeasts beetle species different times places indicated strong host associations sexual reproduction never observed yeasts based comparisons small largesubunit rrna gene sequences morphological physiological traits yeasts placed candida ambrosiae 16 undescribed taxa report novel species genus candida described relationships taxa saccharomycetes discussed novel species type strains follows candida guaymorum nrrl y27568 cbs 9823 candida bokatorum nrrl y27571 cbs 9824 candida kunorum nrrl y27580 cbs 9825 candida terraborum nrrl y27573 cbs 9826 candida emberorum nrrl y27606 cbs 9827 candida wounanorum nrrl y27574 cbs 9828 candida yuchorum nrrl y27569 cbs 9829 candida chickasaworum nrrl y27566 cbs 9830 candida choctaworum nrrl y27584 cbs 9831 candida bolitotheri nrrl y27587 cbs 9832 candida atakaporum nrrl y27570 cbs 9833 candida panamericana nrrl y27567 cbs 9834 candida bribrorum nrrl y27572 cbs 9835 candida maxii nrrl y27588 cbs 9836 candida anneliseae nrrl y27563 cbs 9837 candida taliae nrrl y27589 cbs 9838