| Candida amazonensis sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast isolated from rotting wood in Amazonian Forest, Brazil. | Five strains of a new yeast species were isolated from rotting-wood samples collected in an Amazonian Forest site of the state of Roraima, Northern Brazil. The sequences of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit of the rRNA gene showed that this species belongs to the Scheffersomyces clade and is related to Candida coipomoensis, C. lignicola and C. queiroziae. The novel species, Candida amazonensis sp. nov, is proposed to accommodate these isolates. The type strain of C. amazonensis sp. nov. is ... | 2011 | 21856981 |