RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 SUGITA, TAKASHI A1 NAKASE, TAKASHIYR 1998 T1 Trichosporon japonicum sp. nov. isolated from the air JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 48 IS 4 SP 1425 OP 1429 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1425 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1425