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Metschnikowia shivogae sp. nov., a yeast species associated with insects of morning glory flowers in East Africa

¹ Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
² Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
³ Community and Conservation Ecology Group, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands

Correspondence
Marc-André Lachance
lachance{at}uwo.ca

The novel species Metschnikowia shivogae is described to accommodate three isolates recovered from insects of morning glory flowers at two localities in East Africa. The isolates differ slightly in rDNA ITS and D1/D2 large-subunit sequences and one isolate featured a two-base heterogeneity that might be the result of recombination between two variant rDNAs. M. shivogae is a sister species to Metschnikowia aberdeeniae and shares the same habitat. The reproductive boundaries of M. aberdeeniae, which were not clear in the past, have now been elucidated further. The type strain of Metschnikowia shivogae sp. nov. is strain SUB 04-310.1^T (h⁺; =CBS 10292^T =NRRL Y-27924^T) and the allotype is strain UWOPS 07-203.2 (h^–; =CBS 10770 =NRRL Y-48447).