Two new ascomycetous anamorphic yeast species related to Candida friedrichii—Candida jaroonii sp. nov., and Candida songkhlaensis sp. nov.—isolated in Thailand

In a study of yeast diversity in Thailand, eight strains of hitherto undescribed anamorphic yeasts were isolated: four from insect frass, two from Marasmius sp. fruiting bodies, one from a flower, and one from jackfruit exudates. Phylogenetic analysis of the D1/D2 domain of 26S ribosomal DNA nucleotide sequences indicated that the eight strains represented two new species related to Candida friedrichii . Genetic separation of the two new species was further supported by DNA–DNA hybridization analysis, which resulted in between-species similarity values of less than 48%, and by electrophoretic karyotyping. The two new species are C. jaroonii sp. nov. (type strain, ST-300 T = NBRC 103209 T = BCC 11783 T = CBS 10790 T ) and C. songkhlaensis sp. nov. (type strain, ST-328 T = NBRC 103214 T = BCC 11804 T = CBS 10791 T ).