PYCC 8715

General Information

Taxonomy

1 - Taxon name

Candida thaimueangensis

2 - Classification

Ascomycota

3 - Strain (species name) changes

4 - Status of the strain

Type strain of Candida thaimueangensis

5 - Basis for identification

6 - Identified by

Other Collections

7 - Original strain number

TM1-01

8 - Accession numbers in other collections

TBRC 357; BCC 21229; CBS 10360; NBRC 101967

Biosafety and restrictions

9 - Biological Safety Level

BSL-1

Strain details

11 - PYCC strain status

Open

12 - Mediterranean strain

13 - Substrate of isolation

Estuarine water in mangrove forest

14 - Category of substrate

Water

15 - Locality

Phang-Nga province

16 - Country of origin

Thailand

18 - Sample Collected by

19 - Isolated by and date of isolation

20 - Isolation details

21 - Deposited by

Sasitorn Jindamorakot, TBRC, Sept. 2020

22 - History

S. Jindamorakot > PYCC

23 - Preservation

Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -80ºC

24 - Price per culture

85€

25 - Remarks

Growth conditions

26 - Medium for growth

YMA

Bibliography

Title

Candida thaimueangensis sp. nov., an anamorphic yeast species from estuarine water in a mangrove forest in Thailand

Author

Savitree Limtong, Wichien Yongmanitchai, Hiroko Kawasaki, Tatsuji Seki

Abstract

Four yeast strains (TM1-01T, TM1-07, TM3-47 and TM3-49) were isolated by membrane filtration from estuarine water collected from a mangrove forest in Phang-Nga province, southern Thailand. Analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large-subunit rDNA sequence revealed that the sequences of the four strains were identical. The closest recognized species in terms of pairwise sequence similarity was Pichia deserticola, but the level of nucleotide substitution (4.8 %) was sufficient to justify the description of a separate species. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the four strains occupy a basal position with respect to Pichia membranifaciens and close relatives. The four strains showed identical phenotypic characteristics, including proliferation by multilateral budding, absence of ascospores, arthrospores and ballistospores and negative reactions for Diazonium blue B and urease. The major ubiquinone was Q-7. On the basis of the above findings, these four strains were assigned to a single novel species of the genus Candida, for which the name Candida thaimueangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TM1-01T (=CBS 10360T=NBRC 101967T=BCC 21229T).

Publication Date

01 Mar 2007

Link to Publication

https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64698-0