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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53 (2003), 367-372; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.02200-0
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Candida kunwiensis sp. nov., a yeast associated with flowers and bumblebees

Soon Gyu Hong1, Kyung Sook Bae1, Michel Herzberg2, Andreas Titze2 and Marc-André Lachance3

1 Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, no. 52, Oun-dong, Yusong, Taejon 305-333, Republic of Korea
2 Plant Ecology, Department of Biology, Philipps University, Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
3 Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7

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Kyung Sook Bae
ksbae{at}mail.kribb.re.kr

A novel asexual ascomycetous yeast, Candida kunwiensis (SG99-26T =KCTC 17041T =CBS 9067T), was isolated from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) flowers in Korea and from the body surface of pollinating bumblebees in Germany. Comparative analysis of the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA of all available sequences for ascomycetous yeasts showed that the novel species was phylogenetically related to the genus Metschnikowia, but the sequence similarity was low. Morphologically and physiologically, C. kunwiensis in many ways resembles Metschnikowia pulcherrima, but can be distinguished from this species by its ability to assimilate lactic acid and its inability to produce pulcherrimin.

The GenBank accession number for the partial 26S rDNA sequence of Candida kunwiensis SG99-26T is AF389527.




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