Two new ballistoconidium-forming yeast species, Bullera melastomae and Bullera formosana, found in Taiwan

Two yeast strains, the cells of which contained xylose and Q-10 as the major ubiquinone, were isolated from a plant leaf collected in Taiwan. These yeasts were found to represent two new species of the genus Bullera in the Hymenomycetes. Identification was based on the sequence analysis of the 18S rDNA, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA. The yeasts are named Bullera melastomae sp. nov. and Bullera formosana sp. nov. In the phylogenetic trees based on 18S rDNA and D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA sequences, these two species constitute a cluster connected with Dioszegia cluster in the Cryptococcus luteolus lineage.     

Genetic diversity in the red yeast Cryptococcus hungaricus and its phylogenetic relationship to some related basidiomycetous yeasts

Cryptococcus hungaricus is a basidiomycetous yeast with the abilities to synthesize carotenoid pigments and to grow under psychrophile conditions. Six C. hungaricus strains have been isolated so far from different habitats. In this study we wished to clarify the relationships amongst them. Morphological and physiological characters, mitochondrial DNA restriction profiles, and the presence of mycoviruses were examined. Internal transcribed spacers together with the 5.8S rDNA, the D1/D2 region of 26S rDNA, and partial sequences of the 18S rRNA gene were also analysed. On the basis of the phylogenetic analyses the type strain CBS 4214(T) together with four other C. hungaricus isolates were closely related to Bullera armeniaca and Bullera crocea, while strain CBS 6569 was much more similar to Cystofilobasidium than to the other C. hungaricus isolates.     

Bullera begoniae sp. nov. and Bullera setariae sp. nov., two new species of ballistoconidium-forming yeasts in the Bullera variabilis (Bulleribasidium) cluster isolated from plants in Taiwan

Two strains of xylose-containing and Q-10-having ballistoconidiogenous yeasts isolated from plant leaves collected in Taiwan were found to represent two new species of the genus Bullera. In the phylogenetic trees based on the sequence analysis of 18S rDNA and D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA, these species are located in the Bullera variabilis (Bulleribasidum) cluster in Hymenomycetes. They are described as Bullera begoniae sp. nov. and Bullera setariae sp. nov., respectively.     

Bullera koratensis sp. nov. and Bullera lagerstroemiae sp. nov., two new ballistoconidium-forming yeast species in the Trichosporonales clade isolated from plant leaves in Thailand

Seven strains of ballistoconidiogenous yeasts that contain xylose, form Q-10 ubiquinone, propagate by budding and don't produce stalk conidia were isolated from plant leaves collected in Thailand and were found to represent two new species. The taxonomic properties of the two species coincided with the genus Bullera so they are described as Bullera koratensis sp. nov. and Bullera lagerstroemiae sp. nov. In phylogenetic trees based on the nucleotide sequences of 18S ribosomal DNA and the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA, these two species are located in the Trichosporonales clade (Cryptococcus humicola-Trichosporon lineage).     

Cryptococcus bestiolae and Cryptococcus dejecticola, two new yeast species isolated from frass of the litchi fruit borer Conopomorpha sinensis Bradley

Two new yeast species, Cryptococcus bestiolae and Cryptococcus dejecticola, were discovered in the frass of the litchi fruit borer Conopomorpha sinensis Bradley. The yeasts utilize inositol, hydrolyze urea, produce starch-like substance, and contain CoQ10. Phylogenetic analyses of D1/D2 26S rDNA and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences indicate that the yeasts are closely related to Bullera dendrophila and an undescribed species of Cryptococcus (strain CBS 8507). The two new species differed from each other by 17 nucleotides in the D1/D2 region and by 68 nucleotides in the ITS region. Cryptococcus bestiolae is a sister species to Cryptococcus sp. CBS 8507, from which it differs by eight nucleotides in the D1/D2 region and 59 nucleotides in the ITS region. Cryptococcus dejecticola and B. dendrophila differed by 13 nucleotides in the D1/D2 and 57 nucleotides in the ITS region. Cryptococcus bestiolae and Cr. dejecticola formed with B. dendrophila a well defined clade consisting of insect associated species. The type strain of Cr. bestiolae is TH3.2.59 (=CBS 10118=NRRL Y-27894), and the type strain of Cr. dejecticola is Litch 17 (=CBS 10117=NRRL Y-27898).     

Description of Bullera kunmingensis sp. nov., and clarification of the taxonomic status of Bullera sinensis and its synonyms based on molecular phylogenetic analysis

A ballistoconidium-forming yeast strain, CH 2.506, isolated from a semi-dried leaf of Parthenocissus sp. collected near Kunming City in Yunnan, China, was shown to be closely related to the non-ballistoconidium-forming species Cryptococcus luteolus (Saito) C.E. Skinner and the ballistoconidium-forming species Bullera sinensis Li by molecular phylogenetic analysis based on 18S rDNA sequencing. This strain was demonstrated to represent a distinct undescribed yeast species by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequence and G+C content comparison and DNA-DNA relatedness, for which the name Bullera kunmingensis sp. nov. is proposed. Meanwhile, the taxonomic relationships among Bullera sinensis and its synonyms B. derxii Nakase & Suzuki and B. alba (Hanna) Derx var. lactis Li, were clarified on the basis of molecular phylogenetic analysis and DNA-DNA reassociation. B. derxii was confirmed to be conspecific with B. sinensis, while B. alba var. lactis was shown to represent a variety of B. sinensis. A new combination, Bullera sinensis Li var. lactis (Li) Bai, Takashima et Nakase, is therefore proposed. Comparative analysis of different types of molecular criteria employed in the present study suggested that when inferring phylogenetic relationships among sibling taxa, sequence data from ITS regions should be interpreted with caution.     

Rhodotorula lamellibrachii sp. nov., a new yeast species from a tubeworm collected at the deep-sea floor in Sagami Bay and its phylogenetic analysis

A new species of the genus Rhodotorula was isolated from a tubeworm (Lamellibrachia sp.) collected at a depth of 1156 m in Sagami Bay, Japan. Strain SY-89 had physiological properties quite similar to R. aurantiaca. Two phylogenetic trees, one based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and 5.8S rDNA sequences and the other based on the D1/D2 region of the large subunit (26S) rDNA sequences, united strain SY-89 to the type strain of Sakaguchia dacryoides through a considerable evolutionary distance. Strain SY-89 was differentiated from S. dacryoides by the G+C content of the nuclear DNA and differences in the ability to utilize specific carbon and nitrogen compounds. The low complementarity of strain SY-89 DNA to that of the type strain of S. dacryoides confirmed that this strain was genetically unrelated to previously known species. The tubeworm isolates are described as R. lamellibrachii sp. nov. The type strain of R. lamellibrachii is strain SY-89 (= JCM 10907). R. lamellibrachii formed a cluster with Erythrobasidium hasegawianum, R. lactosa, S. dacryoides and Sporobolomyces elongatus on the ITS and 5.8S rDNA phylogenetic tree. These five species shared a signature sequence in 26S rDNA, although this relationship was not supported by phylogeny based on the D1/D2 region of 26S rDNA.     

Expanding world of ballistosporous yeasts: Distribution in the phyllosphere,systematics and phylogeny

Ecological and systematic aspects of ballistosporous yeasts inhabiting the phyllosphere of the Asia-Pacific region were reviewed in the light of recent advances. In the past 20 years, the extensive isolation studies of ballistosporous yeasts were carried out in the Asia-Pacific region, and the following new species were found in the phyllosphere of the main island of Japan, of the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and of Thailand, New Zealand, and the Yunnan Province of China: Bensingtonia ingoldii, B. intermedia, B. miscanthi, B. naganoensis, B. musae, B. sakaguchii, B. subrosea, B. thailandica, and B. yamatoana; Bullera boninensis, B. coprosmaensis, B. hannae, B. huiaensis, B. miyagiana, B. mrakii, B. oryzae, B. penniseticola, B. pseudoalba, B. schimicola, B. sinensis, B. unica, B. variabilis, and B. waltii; Kockovaella imperatae, K. machilophila, K. phaffii, K. sacchari, K. schimae, and K. thailandica; Sporobolomyces blumeae, S. coprosmae, S. coprosmicola, S. dimmenae, S. draycophyllus, S. falcatus, S. griseoflavus, S. inositophilus, S. lactophilus, S. linderae, S. novazealandicus, S. nylandii, S. oryzicola, S. poonsookiae, S. ruber, S. sasicola, S. subbrunneus, S. taupoensis, S. vermiculatus, S. xanthus, and S. yunnanensis; and Udeniomyces megalosporus. Yeast species containing Q-10(H(2)), a monohydrated ubiquinone, have long been considered to be rare yeasts; however, these yeasts were proved to be common in the tropical and subtropical phyllosphere of Asia. The chemotaxonomic and molecular phylogenetic studies based on the sequence analysis of 18S rDNA revealed the heterogeneity of ballistosporous yeasts, which comprised species with polyphyletic phylogenetic origins. A new phylogenetic cluster, Subbrunneus, was newly found in the class Urediniomycetes as the fifth phylogenetical cluster of this class, based on the analysis of 18S rDNA sequences. The Subbrunneus cluster comprises four ballistosporous yeast species found in the phyllosphere of Japan and New Zealand. The future perspectives of basidiomycetous yeast systematics are discussed.     

斑马鱼肠道中一株酵母菌菌株的鉴定与系统发育分析

从斑马鱼肠道中分离到一株酵母菌,编号为ZF-5,进行了形态学观察、生理特征测定和26S rDNA D1/D2序列分析,并构建系统发育树。结果表明ZF-5菌株细胞呈卵圆形或杆状,为芽殖,有假菌丝;除乳糖外,能够发酵葡萄糖、蔗糖、麦芽糖等多种碳源;26S rDNA D1/D2区序列分析表明与季也蒙毕赤酵母Pichia guilliermondii的序列相似性最高,构建的系统发育进化树显示菌株ZF-5与Pichia guilliermondii模式菌株CBS 2030（= NRRL Y-2075）亲缘关系最近,     

Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans sp. nov., a new yeast species useful in biological detoxification of various mycotoxins

A yeast strain isolated from the hindgut of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis (Mastotermitidae) was found to represent a new member of the genus Trichosporon. Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans is closely related to T. loubieri on the basis of the phylogenetic trees based on the D1/D2 region of 26S rDNA, an approx. 600 bp fragment of the 18S rDNA and both ITS regions. However, the two species differ at nine positions in the D1/D2 region of 26S rDNA. The IGS1 region of T. mycotoxinivorans is 401 bp long. T. mycotoxinivorans is distinguished from T. loubieri by its ability to assimilate inulin and galactitol, and its inability to grow at 40 °C. The name of this newly isolated strain refers to an important characteristics of T. mycotoxinivorans to detoxify mycotoxins such as ochratoxin A and zearalenone. Therefore this strain can be used for the deactivation of the respective mycotoxins in animal feeds.     

Bullera anomala sp. nov. and Bullera pseudovariabilis sp. nov., two new ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from Yunnan,China

Two ballistoconidium-forming yeast strains, CH 2.504 and CH 2.509, were isolated from the wilting leaves of Parthenocissus sp. collected in Yunnan, China in 1996. These two strains were assigned to the genus Bullera Derx by the characteristics of forming rotationally symmetric ballistoconidia, containing xylose in the cell hydrolysates and having Q-10 as the major ubiquinone. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (18S rDNA) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequences revealed that CH 2.504 is closely related to B. variabilis Nakase & Suzuki, while CH 2.509 is located in a clearly separate clade among the described Bullera species and related taxa. The results indicated that CH 2.509 represents a new species, for which Bullera anomala sp. nov. is the proposed name (type strain AS 2.2094^T). Further DNA-DNA reassociation data showed that CH 2.504 also represents a distinct species, for which the name Bullera pseudovariabilis sp. nov. is given (type strain AS 2.2092^T). This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

一株分离自酸梅酱的酵母菌的分离鉴定

目的:分离及鉴定来自于新疆塔城民间自制酸梅酱中的酵母菌。方法:用NL1/NL4引物对扩增酵母菌株的26S rDNAD1/D2区,测序结果进行序列分析,用Neighbour-joining(N-J)方法构建系统发育进化树,同时结合酵母的传统形态学鉴定对菌株进行鉴定。结果:26S rDNA D1/D2区序列分析表明菌株KKS与Metschnikowia aff.fructicola D3895相近,相似率为99.2%。在N-J法构建的系统发育进化树中,菌株KKS与Metschnikowia aff.fructicola聚类在同一分枝上。结论:从新疆塔城民间自制酸梅酱中分离得到一株酵母菌并将该菌株鉴定为Metschnikowia aff.fructicola。     

Emendation of Dioszegia with redescription of Dioszegia hungarica and two new combinations,Dioszegia aurantiaca and Dioszegia crocea

During phylogenetic analyses of hymenomycetous yeasts based on 18S rDNA sequences, we found that Bullera armeniaca showed an extremely close phylogenetic relationship to Cryptococcus hungaricus. The analyses of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of the two yeasts and the phylogenetically related species, Bullera aurantiaca and Bullera crocea, showed that B. armeniaca and C. hungaricus had identical sequences, indicating that these were conspecific. B. aurantiaca and B. crocea also showed high sequence similarity, 97.1% for ITS1, 100% for ITS2, and 98.7% for overall ITS regions. A DNA-DNA reassociation experiment revealed that B. armeniaca and C. hungaricus were conspecific and B. aurantiaca and B. crocea were two distinct species. These species occurred at a phylogenetically different lineage from that of Bulleromyces albus (anamorph: Bullera alba, type species of Bullera) and Filobasidiella neoformans (anamorph: Cryptococcus neoformans, neotype species of Cryptococcus). Based on these results, we emend the genus Dioszegia to include both ballistoconidium-forming and non-ballistoconidium-forming yeasts and redescribe the species Dioszegia hungarica. B. aurantiaca and B. crocea are also transferred to Dioszegia as Dioszegia aurantiaca comb. nov. and Dioszegia crocea comb. nov.     

Pichia koratensis sp. nov., a new ascomycetous yeast related to Pichia acaciae isolated from insect frass in Thailand

Two yeast strains (ST-235 and ST-237) isolated from insect frass collected in northeastern Thailand, were identified as Pichia acaciae and a hitherto undescribed species based on the sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA, ITS regions, and DNA-DNA reassociation experiments. The latter strain, ST-237 (=BCC 11769=NBRC 103638=JCM 12576), was described as Pichia koratensis sp. nov. Pichia koratensis is closely related to Pichia acaciae in the D1/D2 domain sequence of 26S rDNA and phenotypical characteristics but differs by 5 nucleotides (0.9%) from the type strain of P. acaciae and is clearly distinguished by the assimilation and fermentation of sucrose.     

一株分离于工业污水池的耐碱酵母

目的:从新疆温泉县一个碱性工业污水处理池中分离并鉴定耐碱酵母菌。方法:用稀释平板法分离菌种,通过形态学观察、生理生化特征及26S rDNA D1/D2区基因序列分析鉴定菌种。结果:从水样中分离得到一株耐碱酵母菌,它们能在pH3.5~11.0,12%NaCl,4~45℃生长,经形态观察及生理生化特征鉴定为酵母属,对其26S rDNA 5’端D1/D2区基因序列进行了PCR扩增并测序,GenBank注册号为DQ132884,同源序列分析结果表明该序列与酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)Sb4有99.8%的同源性,因此将其命名为酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)XJU-2,该菌种已保藏于中国微生物菌种保藏委员会普通微生物中心(CGM-CC),保藏号为CGMCC No.2.3095。结论:XJU-2的最高耐碱值可达pH 11.0,而且酸碱耐受范围很大,性能明显优于国内外已报道的酿酒酵母菌种。     

一株分离于酸性矿坑水的异养菌的特性与分子鉴定

采用平板划线分离法,从江西某铜矿酸性矿坑水中分离出一株极端嗜酸、又能耐受中度碱性条件的异养微生物,命名为HJM菌株。该菌株能在pH1.5~10.0的范围内生长。形态学以及18SrDNA和26S rDNAD1/D2区序列分析表明,HJM菌株属于P.guilliermondii这个种。金属抗性试验表明,该菌株对重金属铜离子的抗性可高达45mmol/L,因此,它的分离为研究极端环境中微生物的抗铜机制提供了材料。     

Zygosaccharomyces kombuchaensis,a new ascosporogenous yeast from 'Kombucha tea'

A new ascosporogenous yeast, Zygosaccharomyces kombuchaensis sp. n. (type strain NRRL YB-4811, CBS 8849), is described; it was isolated from Kombucha tea, a popular fermented tea-based beverage. The four known strains of the new species have identical nucleotide sequences in domain D1/D2 of 26S rDNA. Phylogenetic analysis of D1/D2 and 18S rDNA sequences places Z. kombuchaensis near Zygosaccharomyces lentus. The two species are indistinguishable on standard physiological tests used for yeast identification, but can be recognized from differences in restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns obtained by digestion of 18S-ITS1 amplicons with the restriction enzymes DdeI and MboI.     

一株花生根际铁载体产生菌的分离鉴定及耐药性分析

目的：从花生根际筛选铁载体产生能力较强的菌株,对其进行鉴定及耐药性分析。方法：用梯度稀释法从花生根际中分离出细菌,在刃天青（CAS）检测平板上依显色圈的大小从中筛选出一株铁载体产生能力较强的菌,并对其进行生理生化鉴定和16S rDNA序列分析,用抗生素梯度平板检测其对9种常见抗生素的抗性。结果：筛选出一株产铁载体的菌株D15,13项生理生化指标除甲基红试验呈阳性外,其他均与恶臭假单胞菌相同;其16S rDNA与恶臭假单胞菌的同源性为100%;该菌对氨苄青霉素、氯霉素、利福平、红霉素、新霉素、链霉素、四环素都有不同程度的的抗性,对卡那霉素和庆大霉素表现较强的敏感性。结论：获得铁载体产生菌D15,经鉴定为恶臭假单胞菌,该菌耐药性符合用转座子诱变法研究铁载体合成的相关基因的条件。     

Cryptococcus nodaensis sp nov, a yeast isolated from soil in Japan that produces a salt-tolerant and thermostable glutaminase

An anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast, which produced a salt-tolerant and thermostable glutaminase, was isolated from soil in Japan and classified in the genus Cryptococcus. Its substrate specificity suggests that this enzyme is an L-glutaminase asparaginase (EC 3.5.1.38). The strain, G60, resembles Cryptococcus laurentii in the taxonomic criteria traditionally employed for yeasts, however it can be distinguished as a separate species based on DNA–DNA reassociation experiments and sequence analysis of the large sub-unit rDNA. Phenotypically, the isolate can be differentiated from C. laurentii by the inability to utilize arbutin as a sole source of carbon. Based on sequence analysis, the strain is related to a group of hymenomycetous yeasts including Bulleromyces albus, Bullera unica, C. laurentii and C. skinneri. The strain, which is formally described as Cryptococcus nodaensis, is industrially important for the formation of the umami taste during production of proteolytic seasonings. Received 28 July 1998/ Accepted in revised form 04 February 1999     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Metschnikowia viticola</Emphasis> sp. nov., a new yeast species from grape

Two yeast strains, producing needle-shaped ascospores under suitable conditions, were isolated from grapes grown in Hungary. Based on these two strains, Metschnikowia viticola (type strain NCAIM Y.01705, CBS 9950, JCM 12561) is proposed as a new yeast species. Considering its phenotypic features, the restriction fragment patterns of 18S rDNA and the sequence of the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA, the proposed new species is closely related to Candida kofuensis.