RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Barbosa, Anne C. A1 Morais, Camila G. A1 Morais, Paula B. A1 Rosa, Luiz H. A1 Pimenta, Raphael S. A1 Lachance, Marc-André A1 Rosa, Carlos A.YR 2012 T1 Wickerhamiella pagnoccae sp. nov. and Candida tocantinsensis sp. nov., two ascomycetous yeasts from flower bracts of Heliconia psittacorum (Heliconiaceae) JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 62 IS 2 SP 459 OP 464 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.032466-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two novel yeast species were isolated from nectar of flower bracts of Heliconia psittacorum (Heliconiaceae) collected in a Cerrado ecosystem in the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil. Wickerhamiella pagnoccae sp. nov., which is closely related to Candida jalapaonensis, is heterothallic and produces one spheroid ascospore per ascus. Candida tocantinsensis sp. nov. belongs to the Metschnikowiaceae clade and its nearest relative is Candida ubatubensis, but the sequence identity (%) in the D1/D2 domains of the rRNA gene is low. The type strain of W. pagnoccae is UFMG-F18C1T ( = CBS 12178T = NRRL Y-48735T) and the type strain of C. tocantinsensis is UFMG-F16D1T ( = CBS 12177T = NRRL Y-48734T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.032466-0