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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, p. 4107-4111, Vol. 43, No. 8
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.4107-4111.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Candida nivariensis sp. nov., a Possible New Opportunistic Fungus

Julia Alcoba-Flórez,1,2 Sebastián Méndez-Álvarez,2,3,6 Josep Cano,4 Josep Guarro,4 Eduardo Pérez-Roth,2 and María del Pilar Arévalo5*

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain,1 Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain,2 Departamento de Biología Celular y Microbiología, Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain,3 Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain,4 Cátedra de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Laguna, Spain,5 Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain6

Received 23 November 2004/ Returned for modification 19 January 2005/ Accepted 17 March 2005

The new species Candida nivariensis, isolated from the clinical samples of three patients in Spain over a 3-year period, is presented here. This species can be easily differentiated from Candida glabrata, the closest genetic species, by different colony color on CHROMagar and by its ability to ferment trehalose. The analyses of the internal transcribed spacer region and the D1-D2 region of the 26S rRNA gene sequences support a new species designation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Cátedra de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, Campus de Ofra s/n, 38071 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Phone: 34922319376. Fax: 34922319378. E-mail: mpareval{at}ull.es.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, p. 4107-4111, Vol. 43, No. 8
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.4107-4111.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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