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Two yeast strains, NYNU 224191 and NYNU 22411, were isolated from plant leaves of and sp. harvested from Qingyuan Mountain, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, southeast China. Molecular phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that these two strains represent a novel species in the genus . They are more closely related to , , and than other species based on phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene. The novel species differed from its closest relatives, , , and , by 1.8–2% sequence divergence (11–12 substitutions and 1–2 gaps) in the D1/D2 domain and over 6.7% sequence divergence (40–60 substitutions and 53–77 gaps) in the ITS region, respectively. We propose the name sp. nov. (Holotype CICC 33567; Mycobank MB 855328) for the new species, which differs phenotypically from , and in its ability to assimilate methyl---glucoside and the inability to assimilate salicin, and from in its ability to assimilate nitrate and nitrite and grow at 30 °C.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, Henan Tianguan Enterprise Group Co., Ltd., China. (Award 2018001)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Dan-YangCai
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (Award 31570021)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Feng-LiHui
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