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Phylogenomic delineation of two new species of ascomycetous yeasts, sp. nov. and sp. nov., and proposal of two synonyms, and No Access

Abstract

Two novel ascomycetous yeast species of the genus are proposed based on isolates obtained in Thailand from food waste and the fruiting body of a polypore fungus, and on a combination of conventional DNA-barcode sequence analyses and whole-genome phylogenies. We focus on a particular subclade of the genus that contains species found in anthropic environments and describe sp. nov. (DMKU-FW31-5=PYCC 9022=TBRC 15055), found on food waste samples. In an adjacent clade, we describe sp. nov. (DMKU-KO16=PYCC 8908=TBRC 14869), which represents the closest relative of and was isolated from the fruiting body of sp. In the subclade of sp. nov., we propose that should be regarded as a synonym of and that should be regarded as a synonym of .

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Keyword(s): taxogenomics , whole-genome phylogeny , Wickerhamiella infanticola , Wickerhamiella koratensis sp. nov. , Wickerhamiella limtongiae sp. nov. and Wickerhamiella tropicalis
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Phylogenomic delineation of two new species of ascomycetous yeasts, Wickerhamiella koratensis sp. nov. and Wickerhamiella limtongiae sp. nov., and proposal of two synonyms, Wickerhamiella infanticola and Wickerhamiella tropicalis
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