RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chang, Chin-Feng A1 Lee, Ching-Fu A1 Liu, Shiu-MeiYR 2008 T1 Cryptococcus keelungensis sp. nov., an anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast isolated from the sea-surface microlayer of the north-east coast of Taiwan JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 58 IS 12 SP 2973 OP 2976 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65773-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain SN-82T was isolated from the sea-surface microlayer at Keelung on the north-east coast of Taiwan. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domain of the 26S rDNA of strain SN-82T suggested that this strain is related to the aerius clade in the Filobasidiales. Phenotypic characteristics such as the absence of sexual structures and ballistoconidia, the assimilation of myo-inositol and d-glucuronate, the inability to ferment glucose, the possession of coenzyme Q-10 and positive Diazonium blue B and urease reactions also indicated that this strain belongs to the genus Cryptococcus. However, divergences of more than 3.6 % were observed in the D1/D2 domain when compared with other described Cryptococcus species, which indicated that the isolated yeast represents a previously unrecognized member of this genus. Therefore, the novel yeast species Cryptococcus keelungensis sp. nov. is proposed, with strain SN-82T (=CBS 10876T =BCRC 23107T =JCM 14893T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65773-0