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Udeniomyces kanasensis sp. nov., a ballistoconidium-forming yeast species in the Cystofilobasidiales

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In a survey of ballistoconidium-forming yeast diversity in the phyllosphere, five strains from wilting plant leaves collected from Kanas Nature Reserve in Xinjiang province, China were selected based on morphological comparison. These strains formed pinkish-white colonies and large bilaterally symmetrical ballistoconidia. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the 26S rRNA D1/D2 domain and ITS region sequences showed that these strains belonged to the Udeniomyces clade in the Cystofilobasidiales. They differ from the described Udeniomyces species significantly in the rRNA sequences as well as physiological criteria. Therefore, a new species Udeniomyces kanasensis sp. nov. (type strain XJ 6E2T=CGMCC 2.02627 T=CBS 12488 T) is proposed to accommodate these strains. The MycoBank number of the new species is MB 563659.

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This study was supported by Grants No. 30700001, No. 30825002 and No. 30970013 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and KSCX2-YW-Z-0936 from the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Pei-Jie Han, Qi-Ming Wang & Feng-Yan Bai

  2. College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China

    Pei-Jie Han & Jun-Zhi Qiu

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Han, PJ., Qiu, JZ., Wang, QM. et al. Udeniomyces kanasensis sp. nov., a ballistoconidium-forming yeast species in the Cystofilobasidiales. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 102, 45–51 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-012-9711-5

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