RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Alshahni, Mohamed Mahdi A1 Makimura, Koichi A1 Satoh, Kazuo A1 Nishiyama, Yayoi A1 Kido, Nobuhide A1 Sawada, TakuoYR 2011 T1 Cryptococcus yokohamensis sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from trees and a Queensland koala kept in a Japanese zoological park JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 61 IS 12 SP 3068 OP 3071 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.027144-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Three strains were isolated from the nostrils of a koala and the surrounding environment in a Japanese zoological park. Sequence analysis of the nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the large subunit rDNA D1/D2 domains in addition to physiological and morphological studies indicated that the isolates represent a single novel species belonging to the basidiomycetous genus Cryptococcus (Tremellales, Tremellomycetes, Agaricomycotina). Phylogenetic analysis based on D1/D2 and ITS regions revealed that the novel species belongs to the Fuciformis clade. The name Cryptococcus yokohamensis sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these isolates with strain JCM 16989T ( = TIMM 10001T = CBS 11776T = DSM 23671T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.027144-0