@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001988, author = "Khunnamwong, Pannida and Ribeiro, José R. A. and Garcia, Karina M. and Hagler, Allen N. and Takashima, Masako and Ohkuma, Moriya and Endoh, Rikiya and Sugita, Takashi and Jindamorakot, Sasitorn and Limtong, Savitree", title = "Occultifur plantarum f.a., sp. nov., a novel cystobasidiomycetous yeast species", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "8", pages = "2628-2633", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001988", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001988", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "yeast", keywords = "phylloplane", keywords = "Occultifur plantarum f.a., sp. nov.", keywords = "rhizoplane", keywords = "plant leaf tissue", abstract = "Nine strains representing a single anamorphic novel yeast species in dispersed tropical and subtropical habitats were isolated from sugarcane leaf tissue (DMKU-SE24, DMKU-SE45T, DMKU-SE129 and DMKU-SE134) and corn leaf tissue (DMKU-CE36) in Thailand, phylloplane and rhizoplane of sugarcane in Brazil (IMUFRJ 52018 and IMUFRJ 52019), bromeliad leaf tissue in Brazil (IMUFRJ 51954) and plant leaf in Japan (IPM31-24). These strains showed identical or only 1 nt substitution in the sequences of the D1/D2 region of the LSU rRNA gene and 0–5 nt substitutions in the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. Phylogenetic analysis based on the combined sequences of the ITS and the D1/D2 regions showed that the eight of these strains represented a single species in the genus Occultifur that was distinct from related species. Occultifur kilbournensis was the most closely related species, but with 0.9–1.2 % nucleotide substitutions in the D1/D2 region of the LSU rRNA gene, and 2.4–2.6 % nucleotide substitutions in the ITS region. They are therefore considered to represent a novel species of the genus Occultifur although the formation of basidia was not observed. The name Occultifur plantarum f.a., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DMKU-SE45T (=CBS 14554T=TBRC 6561T).", }