RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chen, Liang A1 Zhang, Lin A1 Li, Zhi-Hui A1 Hui, Feng-LiYR 2013 T1 Sympodiomycopsis yantaiensis sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from insect frass JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_9 SP 3501 OP 3505 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.053686-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two strains (NYNU 121010T and NYNU 121032) of a novel basidiomycetous yeast species belonging to the genus Sympodiomycopsis were isolated from insect frass collected from trunks of a pagoda tree (Sophora japonica L.) in Yantai, Shandong province, east China. The sequence analyses of the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region indicated that the closest relatives were Sympodiomycopsis kandeliae FIRDI 007T, Sympodiomycopsis paphiopedili CBS 7429T and Sympodiomycopsis sp. S6A. The D1/D2 sequences of the novel strains differed by 12 nt substitutions (2 %) from the type strain of S. kandeliae, and by 13 nt substitutions (2.2 %) from the type strain of S. paphiopedili and from Sympodiomycopsis sp. S6A. The novel strains differed from closely related species by more than 4.6 % substitutions in the ITS region. The novel strains can also be distinguished from S. kandeliae and S. paphiopedili on the basis of a number of morphological and physiological characteristics and represent a novel species in the genus Sympodiomycopsis, for which the name Sympodiomycopsis yantaiensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NYNU 121010T ( = CICC 32998T = CBS 12813T). The Mycobank deposit number is MB 804119., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.053686-0