Unveiling Trichosporon austroamericanum sp. nov.: A Novel Emerging Opportunistic Basidiomycetous Yeast Species

• DOI: 10.1007/s11046-024-00851-4
• Publication Date: 2024-05-06T15:01:31Z
• Authors: Elaine C. Francisco; Marie Desnos-Olli...; Chendo Dieleman; Teun Boekhout; Daniel Wagner de ...; José O. Medina-Pe...; Arnaldo L. Colombo; Ferry Hagen
• Keywords: Trichosporon; Intergenic region

Abstract During an epidemiological survey, a potential novel species within the basidiomycetous yeast genus Trichosporon was observed. The clinical strain obtained from urine sample taken Brazilian kidney transplant recipient. molecularly identified using intergenic spacer (IGS1) ribosomal DNA locus and subsequent phylogenetic analysis showed that multiple strains were previously reported by other studies shared identical IGS1-genotype most closely related to of inkin . However, none these provided in-depth characterization involved describe it as new taxon. Here, we present clinically relevant for which propose name austroamericanum sp. nov. (holotype CBS H-24937). T. can be distinguished siblings in morphological, physiological, characters.