Trichosporon japonicum sp. nov. isolated from the air SUGITA, TAKASHI and NAKASE, TAKASHI,, 48, 1425-1429 (1998), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1425, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A yeast strain isolated from the air in Japan was found to represent a new species, and was named Trichosporon japonicum. This species produced arthroconidia and appressoria. T. japonicum formed a cluster with the appressorium-forming species Trichosporon inkin and Trichosporon ovoides in a phylogenetic tree constructed using small-subunit rDNA sequences. However, they had low relatedness to each other in DNA–DNA hybridization experiments. T. japonicum is distinguished from both T. inkin and T. ovoides by its ability to assimilate inulin, and its inability to assimilate L-rhamnose. JCM 8357T is the type strain of the species., language=, type=