RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Francesca, Nicola A1 Carvalho, Cláudia A1 Almeida, Pedro Miguel A1 Sannino, Ciro A1 Settanni, Luca A1 Sampaio, José Paulo A1 Moschetti, GiancarloYR 2013 T1 Wickerhamomyces sylviae f.a., sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species isolated from migratory birds JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_12 SP 4824 OP 4830 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.056382-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB In the present work, we investigated the phylogenetic position and phenotypic characteristics of eight yeast isolates collected from migratory birds on the island of Ustica, Italy. A phylogenetic analysis based on the D1/D2 region of the large-subunit rRNA gene showed that all isolates clustered as a single separate lineage within the Wickerhamomyces clade. They exhibited distinct morphological and physiological characteristics and were clearly separated from their closest relatives, Wickerhamomyces lynferdii, Wickerhamomyces anomalus and Wickerhamomyces subpelliculosus, in blastn searches. On the basis of the isolation source, physiological features and molecular strain typing carried out with randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR and minisatellite-primed (MSP)-PCR analysis, the isolates were identified as strains of the same species. The name Wickerhamomyces sylviae f.a., sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these novel strains; the type strain is U88A2T ( = PYCC 6345T = CBS 12888T). The MycoBank number is MB 804762., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.056382-0