%0 Journal Article %A Alshahni, Mohamed Mahdi %A Makimura, Koichi %A Satoh, Kazuo %A Nishiyama, Yayoi %A Kido, Nobuhide %A Sawada, Takuo %T Cryptococcus yokohamensis sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from trees and a Queensland koala kept in a Japanese zoological park %D 2011 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 61 %N 12 %P 3068-3071 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.027144-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Three strains were isolated from the nostrils of a koala and the surrounding environment in a Japanese zoological park. Sequence analysis of the nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the large subunit rDNA D1/D2 domains in addition to physiological and morphological studies indicated that the isolates represent a single novel species belonging to the basidiomycetous genus Cryptococcus (Tremellales, Tremellomycetes, Agaricomycotina). Phylogenetic analysis based on D1/D2 and ITS regions revealed that the novel species belongs to the Fuciformis clade. The name Cryptococcus yokohamensis sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these isolates with strain JCM 16989T ( = TIMM 10001T = CBS 11776T = DSM 23671T) as the type strain. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.027144-0