Bensingtonia rectispora sp. nov. and Bensingtonia bomiensis sp. nov., ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from Tibetan plant leaves

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2012 Aug;62(Pt 8):2039-2044. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.038117-0. Epub 2011 Nov 11.

Abstract

Five yeast strains isolated from plant leaves collected in south-east Tibet formed cream to brownish colonies and produced asymmetrical ballistoconidia and CoQ-9 as the major ubiquinone. Sequence analysis of the 26S rRNA D1/D2 domain and the internal transcribed spacer region indicated that these strains represented two novel species of the genus Bensingtonia. The names Bensingtonia rectispora sp. nov. (type strain XZ 4C5(T) = CGMCC 2.02635(T) = CBS 10710(T)) and Bensingtonia bomiensis sp. nov. (type strain XZ 33D1(T) = CGMCC 2.02670(T) = CBS 10713(T)) are proposed for the two novel species, which are phylogenetically closely related to Bensingtonia naganoensis, Bensingtonia pseudonaganoensis and the type species of the genus, Bensingtonia ciliata.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Basidiomycota / classification*
  • Basidiomycota / genetics
  • Basidiomycota / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycological Typing Techniques
  • Phylogeny*
  • Plant Leaves / microbiology*
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tibet
  • Ubiquinone / analysis

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, ribosomal, 26S
  • Ubiquinone
  • ubiquinone 9

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JN620351
  • GENBANK/JN620352
  • GENBANK/JN620353
  • GENBANK/JN620354
  • GENBANK/JN620355