Biological and genomic analyses of Clavispora sputum sp. nov., a novel potential fungal pathogen closely related to Clavispora lusitaniae and Candida auris

We report the isolation and identification of a novel species of the Candida/Clavispora genus from a patient with COVID-19 infection. This species, named Clavispora sputum sp. nov., is phylogenetically related to Cl. lusitaniae and C. auris. To characterize this species, we performed comparative biological and genomic analyses among Clavispora sputum and several phylogenetically related species.