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Title: CANDIDA SPECIES RELATIONSHIPS DETERMINED FROM PARTIAL SEQUENCES OF LARGE SUBUNIT (26S) RDNAS

Author
item Kurtzman, Cletus
item Robnett, Christie

Submitted to: American Society of Microbiologists Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/23/1996
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Nearly 200 species are currently accepted in the anamorphic ascomycetous yeast genus Candida. Species assigned to this genus are generally defined on the basis of phenotypic differences. In the present study, species were compared from divergence in a ca. 600-nucleotide species- specific region at the 5' end of large subunit rDNA. The data show 35 of the described species to be conspecific with either other Candida spp. or with Pichia spp. For example, Pichia mexicana = C. entomaea = C. terebra = C. veronae, and C. ancudensis = C. drymisii = C. petrohuensis. Species assigned to Candida are compared with the type species of all known teleomorphic ascomycetous yeast genera to assess phylogenetic divergence.