Description of Vishniacozyma terrae sp. nov. and Dioszegia terrae sp. nov., Two Novel Basidiomycetous Yeast Species Isolated from Soil in Korea
Soohyun Maeng,
Yuna Park,
Gi-Ho Sung,
Hyang Burm Lee,
Myung Kyum Kim,
Sathiyaraj Srinivasan
Affiliations
Soohyun Maeng
Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, College of Natural Science, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Yuna Park
Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, College of Natural Science, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Gi-Ho Sung
Translational Research Division, Biomedical Institute of Mycological Resource, International St. Mary’s Hospital and College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, Incheon, Korea
Hyang Burm Lee
Environmental Microbiology Lab, Department of Agricultural Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea
Myung Kyum Kim
Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, College of Natural Science, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Sathiyaraj Srinivasan
Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, College of Natural Science, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
AbstractTwo strains, YP344 and YP579 were isolated from soil samples in Pocheon City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The strains YP344 and YP579 belong to the genus Vishniacozyma and Dioszegia, respectively. The molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that the strain YP344 was closely related to Vishniacozyma peneaus. Strain YP344T differed by four nucleotide substitutions with no gap (0.70%) in the D1/D2 domain of the LSU rRNA gene and 16 nucleotide substitutions with 8 gaps (5.76%) in the ITS region. On the other hand, the strain YP579T varied from the type strain of the most closely related species, Dioszegia zsoltii var. zsoltii, by 6 nucleotide substitutions with four gaps (1.64%) in the D1/D2 domain of LSU rRNA gene and 26 nucleotide substitutions with 14 gaps (8.16%) in the ITS region. Therefore, the name Vishniacozyma terrae sp. nov. and Dioszegia terrae sp. nov. are proposed, with type strains YP344T (KCTC27988T) and YP579T (KCTC 27998T), respectively.
