摘要
Four strains of yeasts isolated in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan were found to represent threenovel species of the genus Candida. The three species are located in a clade including Candidatsuchiyae, Candida thailandica and Candida akabanensis in a tree based on the D1/D2 domainsequences of the large subunit rRNA genes but clearly differentiated from these relative species.Three novel species are proposed for these strains, i. e., Candida berkhoutiae sp. nov., for strainsST-49 T (=BCC 7749 T =NBRC 106733 T =CBS 11722 T ) isolated from insect frass in Thailand andSA13S01 (=NBRC 106053) isolated from soil in Taiwan, Candida ezoensis sp. nov., for strainY07-1601-2 T (=NBRC 105019 T =CBS 11753 T ) isolated from forest soil in Japan, and Candida inulinophilasp. nov., for ST-369 T (=BCC 15081 T =NBRC 106735 T =CBS 11725 T ) isolated from anunidentifi ed wild mushroom from Thailand.