PYCC 8908
1 - Taxon name
Wickerhamiella koratensis
2 - Classification
Ascomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
NA
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Wickerhamiella koratensis
5 - Basis for identification
Molecular (whole genome sequence)
6 - Identified by
Ana Pontes
7 - Original strain number
DMKU-KO16
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
TBRC 14869
9 - Biological Safety Level
BSL-1
10 - Access and Benefit Sharing (CBD, Nagoya protocol)
No known ABS restrictions
11 - PYCC strain status
Open
12 - Mediterranean strain
No
13 - Substrate of isolation
Unidentified mushroom
14 - Category of substrate
Fungi & yeasts
15 - Locality
Talat Sai Sub-district, Prathai, Nakhon Ratchasima
16 - Country of origin
Thailand
18 - Sample Collected by
Unknown
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
Bongkot Khaenda, Jun. 2021
20 - Isolation details
NA
21 - Deposited by
Sasitorn Jindamorakot, Apr. 2021
22 - History
Sasitorn Jindamorakot > PYCC
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150C
24 - Price per culture
90€
25 - Remarks
NA
26 - Medium for growth
YMA
Whole genome
ERX11507604
Title
Phylogenomic delineation of two new species of ascomycetous yeasts, Wickerhamiella koratensis sp. nov. and Wickerhamiella limtongiae sp. nov., and proposal of two synonyms, Wickerhamiella infanticola and Wickerhamiella tropicalis

Author

Varunya Sakpuntoon, Nathida Srathongporn, Ana Pontes, Pannida Khunnamwong, Andreia Aires, Savitree Limtong, Carla Gonçalves, Paula Gonçalves, José Paulo Sampaio, Nantana Srisuk

Abstract

Two novel ascomycetous yeast species of the genus Wickerhamiella are proposed based on isolates obtained in Thailand from food waste and the fruiting body of a polypore fungus, and on a combination of conventional DNA-barcode sequence analyses and whole-genome phylogenies. We focus on a particular subclade of the genus Wickerhamiella that contains species found in anthropic environments and describe Wickerhamiella limtongiae sp. nov. (DMKU-FW31-5T=PYCC 9022T=TBRC 15055T), found on food waste samples. In an adjacent clade, we describe Wickerhamiella koratensis sp. nov. (DMKU-KO16T=PYCC 8908T=TBRC 14869T), which represents the closest relative of Wickerhamiella slavikovae and was isolated from the fruiting body of Bjerkandera sp. In the subclade of W. limtongiae sp. nov., we propose that Wickerhamiella infanticola should be regarded as a synonym of Wickerhamiella sorbophila and that Wickerhamiella tropicalis should be regarded as a synonym of Wickerhamiella verensis.

Publication Date

Link to Publication

https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006282
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