RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kaewwichian, Rungluk A1 Kawasaki, Hiroko A1 Limtong, SavitreeYR 2013 T1 Wickerhamomyces siamensis sp. nov., a novel yeast species isolated from the phylloplane in Thailand JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_4 SP 1568 OP 1573 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.050013-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain DMKU-RK359T, representing a novel yeast species, was isolated from the external surface of a sugar-cane leaf collected in Thailand. On the basis of morphological, biochemical, physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, sequence analysis of the D1/D2 region of the large-subunit (LSU) rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, strain DMKU-RK359T was assigned to a novel Wickerhamomyces species. The novel species was closest to Wickerhamomyces ciferrii, but differed from it by 0.7 % nucleotide substitutions in the D1/D2 region of the LSU rRNA gene and 6 % nucleotide substitutions in the ITS region. The name Wickerhamomyces siamensis sp. nov. is proposed (type strain DMKU-RK359T  = BCC 50732T  = NBRC 108900T  = CBS 12570T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.050013-0