摘要
Twelve strains representing five novel yeast species were isolated from natural samples distributed in mountain areas in Taiwan during 2007 and 2009. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene revealed that these species are members of the Cyberlindnera clade. These five new species have a greater than 1% difference from their closest relatives in the sequences of the D1/D2 domain of the LSU rRNA gene and were well separated from their closest relatives in terms of physiological characteristics. Moreover, a sexual state could not be found in these five novel yeast species. Therefore, the scientific names of Candida maesa sp. nov. (type strain GJ8L01 T ), Candida takata sp. nov. (type strain EN25S01 T ), Candida taoyuanica sp. nov. (type strain GY15S07 T ), Candida hungchunana sp. nov. (type strain NC3W71 T ) and Candida stauntonica sp. nov. (type strain GY13L05 T ) were proposed to accommodate these yeasts. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012.