RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Casaregola, Serge A1 Jacques, Noémie A1 Louis-Mondesir, Christelle A1 Coton, Monika A1 Coton, EmmanuelYR 2013 T1 Citeromyces nyonsensis sp. nov., a novel yeast species isolated from black olive brine JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_8 SP 3086 OP 3090 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.049296-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A yeast strain was isolated from olive brines in a fermented black olive and olive oil manufacturing plant in the town of Nyons (France). On the basis of domains 1 and 2 (D1/D2) large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequence analyses, the strain CLIB 1303T was found to be closely related, but clearly distinct, from the three existing species of the genus Citeromyces: Citeromyces matritensis, Citeromyces siamensis and Citeromyces haiwaiiensis. Strain CLIB 1303T exhibited 6 bp, 7 bp and 12 bp divergences in the D1/D2 LSU rRNA gene with C. siamensis, C. matritensis and C. hawaiiensis, respectively. ITS region divergence amounted to more than 8 %, 4 % and 4.5 % with C. siamensis, C. matritensis and C. hawaiiensis, respectively, in addition to several indels. Like C. matritensis and C. siamensis strains, strain CLIB 1303T was shown to be halotolerant and osmotolerant. Phenotypically, strain CLIB 1303T can be distinguished from other species of the genus Citeromyces by its inability to assimilate trehalose. The strain CLIB 1303T ( = CBS 12700T) was assigned to a novel species, Citeromyces nyonsensis sp. nov., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.049296-0