@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003337, author = "Lopes, Mariana R. and Santos, Ana Raquel O. and Moreira, Juliana D. and Santa-Brígida, Rosângela and Martins, Marlúcia B. and Pinto, Fernanda O. and Valente, Patrícia and Morais, Paula B. and Jacques, Noémie and Grondin, Cécile and Casaregola, Serge and Lachance, Marc-André and Rosa, Carlos A.", title = "Kurtzmaniella hittingeri f.a., sp. nov., isolated from rotting wood and fruits, and transfer of three Candida species to the genus Kurtzmaniella as new combinations", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2019", volume = "69", number = "5", pages = "1504-1508", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003337", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003337", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "rotting wood", keywords = "fruits, mushroom", keywords = "new combinations", keywords = "Kurtzmaniella hittingeri", keywords = "novel yeast species", abstract = "Twelve strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from rotting wood, mushrooms and fruit samples in Brazil and French Guiana. Analysis of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region and the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene showed that the novel species belongs to the Kurtzmaniella clade. The novel species differed from its closest relative, Candida natalensis, by 12 substitutions in the D1/D2 sequences. The novel species could be distinguished from C. natalensis by its inability to assimilate cellobiose and salicin, and growth at 50 % (w/w) glucose. The name Kurtzmaniella hittingeri f.a., sp. nov. is proposed for the novel species. The type strain of K. hittingeri sp. nov. is CBS 13469T (=UFMG CM-Y272T). The MycoBank number is 827183. We also propose the transfer of Candida fragi, Candida quercitrusa and Candida natalensis to the genus Kurtzmaniella as new combinations.", }