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Phylogenetic analysis of basidiomycetous yeasts by means of 18S ribosomal RNA sequences: relationship ofErythrobasidium hasegawianum and other basidiomycetous yeast taxa

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The basidiomycetous yeast genusErythrobasidium Hamamoto, Sugiyama & Komagata, based on the type speciesE. hasegawianum Hamamoto et al., is characterized by filobasidiaceous basidia and the Q-10 (H2) system as its major ubiquinone. It is tentatively placed in the Filobasidiaceae. The molecular characterization is based on 18S ribosomal RNA sequence comparisons among the basidiomycetous yeasts, and the ultrastructural characterization on the cell wall and hyphal septal pores inE. hasegawianum clearly indicate a close relationship with the teliospore-forming yeastsRhodosporidium toruloides andLeucosporidium scottii. Our molecular phylogeny with statistical analysis suggests that the existing taxonomic system of basidiomycetous yeasts, based primarily on the morphology of basidia including the teliospores (probasidia), should be revised.

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Sugiyama, J., Suh, SO. Phylogenetic analysis of basidiomycetous yeasts by means of 18S ribosomal RNA sequences: relationship ofErythrobasidium hasegawianum and other basidiomycetous yeast taxa. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 63, 201–209 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872394

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