| wickerhamiella pagnoccae sp. nov. and candida tocantinsensis sp nov., two ascomycetous yeasts from flower bracts of heliconia psittacorum (heliconiaceae). | two new yeast species were isolated from nectar of flower bracts of heliconia psittacorum (heliconiaceae) collected in a cerrado ecosystem of the state of tocantins, northern brazil. wickerhamiella pagnoccae sp. nov. is closely related to candida jalapaonensis, is heterothallic, and produces one spheroid ascospore per ascus. candida tocantinsensis sp. nov. belongs to the metschnikowiaceae clade and its nearest relative is c. ubatubensis, but the percent identity in the sequences of the d1/d2 dom ... | 2011 | 21478396 |