Phaffia brasiliana sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from soil in Brazil

During studies of yeasts associated with soil in Brazil, three orange-pigmented yeast strains were isolated from samples collect in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Molecular analyses combining the 26S large subunit (D1/D2 domain) and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences, and whole-genome sequence data, showed that these strains could not be ascribed to any of the known species in the basidiomycetous genus Phaffia, thus representing a novel species for which the name Phaffia brasiliana sp. nov. is proposed.