TY - JOUR
T1 - Candida khanbhai sp. nov., a new clinically relevant yeast within the Candida haemulonii species complex
AU - de Jong, Auke W
AU - Al-Obaid, Khaled
AU - Mohd Tap, Ratna
AU - Gerrits van den Ende, Bert
AU - Groenewald, Marizeth
AU - Joseph, Leena
AU - Ahmad, Suhail
AU - Hagen, Ferry
N1 - © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology.
PY - 2023/2/3
Y1 - 2023/2/3
N2 - Invasive fungal infections caused by non-albicans Candida species are increasingly reported. Recent advances in diagnostic and molecular tools enabled better identification and detection of emerging pathogenic yeasts. The Candida haemulonii species complex accommodates several rare and recently described pathogenic species, C. duobushaemulonii, C. pseudohaemulonii, C. vulturna, and the most notorious example is the outbreak-causing multi-drug resistant member C. auris. Here, we describe a new clinically relevant yeast isolated from geographically distinct regions, representing the proposed novel species C. khanbhai, a member of the C. haemulonii species complex. Moreover, several members of the C. haemulonii species complex were observed to be invalidly described, including the clinically relevant species C. auris and C. vulturna. Hence, the opportunity was taken to correct this here, formally validating the names of C. auris, C. chanthaburiensis, C. konsanensis, C. metrosideri, C. ohialehuae, and C. vulturna.
AB - Invasive fungal infections caused by non-albicans Candida species are increasingly reported. Recent advances in diagnostic and molecular tools enabled better identification and detection of emerging pathogenic yeasts. The Candida haemulonii species complex accommodates several rare and recently described pathogenic species, C. duobushaemulonii, C. pseudohaemulonii, C. vulturna, and the most notorious example is the outbreak-causing multi-drug resistant member C. auris. Here, we describe a new clinically relevant yeast isolated from geographically distinct regions, representing the proposed novel species C. khanbhai, a member of the C. haemulonii species complex. Moreover, several members of the C. haemulonii species complex were observed to be invalidly described, including the clinically relevant species C. auris and C. vulturna. Hence, the opportunity was taken to correct this here, formally validating the names of C. auris, C. chanthaburiensis, C. konsanensis, C. metrosideri, C. ohialehuae, and C. vulturna.
KW - Animals
KW - Candidiasis/microbiology
KW - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
KW - Candida/genetics
KW - Invasive Fungal Infections/veterinary
KW - Antifungal Agents
U2 - 10.1093/mmy/myad009
DO - 10.1093/mmy/myad009
M3 - Article
C2 - 36694950
SN - 1369-3786
VL - 61
JO - Medical Mycology
JF - Medical Mycology
IS - 2
ER -