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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Cryptotrichosporon anacardii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new trichosporonoid capsulate basidiomycetous yeast from Nigeria that is able to form melanin on niger seed agar
FEMS Yeast Research, Volume 7, No. 2, Year 2007
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Description
Five yeast isolates obtained from cashew tree flowers in Nigeria resembled Cryptococcus neoformans phenotypically by producing brown pigmented colonies on niger seed agar, expressing a capsule, and being able to grow at 37°C. However, rRNA gene sequences, including the 18S rRNA gene, the D1/D2 domains of the 26S rRNA gene and the ITS1+2 regions, suggested that these yeasts form a basal lineage within the Trichosporonales (Tremellomycetidae, Hymenomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi). Since the isolates could not be identified with any known genus and species within the Trichosporonales, we describe them as Cryptotrichosporon anacardii gen. et sp. nov. with CBS 9551T (=NRRL Y-27671) as the type strain. The taxonomic conflict between phenetic and molecular classification schemes within this group of fungi is discussed, and is resolved in favor of the latter. © 2006 Federation of European Microbiological Societies.
Authors & Co-Authors
Okoli, Ikechukwu N.
Nigeria, Awka
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Oyeka, Christie A.
Nigeria, Awka
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Kwon-Chung, Kyung Joo
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Theelen, B.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Robert, Vincent A.R.G.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias Ewald
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
McFadden, Diane C.
United States, New York
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Casadevall, Arturo
United States, New York
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Boekhout, Teun
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Statistics
Citations: 50
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00164.x
ISSN:
15671356
e-ISSN:
15671364
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Niger
Nigeria