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wo yeast strains isolated from the hypersaline marine
environment from inland sea, Qatar, were classified
as members of the genus
Naganishia
based on sequence
analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA
gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions. The
rRNA gene sequence analyses indicated that the two strains
represented a novel species of the genus Naganishia, for
which the name
Naganishia qatarensis
sp. nov. is proposed.
They clustered in a strongly supported clade represented
by
Naganishia albidus
in the
Tremellales
group in the
phylogenetic tree drawn from ITS and D1/D2 sequence.
The new species grows at 4°C and 35°C. The significance of
findings will be discussed.
e:
rfotedar@hotmail.comNaganishia qatarensis
sp. nov. novel basidiomycetous yeast species from hypersaline marine
environment
Rashmi Fotedar
1
, Jack W. Fell
2
, Anjana Anand
1
, Ameena Al Malaki
1
, Aisha Zeyara
1
, Anna Kolecka
3
and
Teun Boekhout
3
Masoud Al Marri
1
1
Department of Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Centre, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Qatar.