In the present work, we investigated the phylogenetic position and phenotypic characteristics of eight yeast isolates collected from migratory birds on the island of Ustica, Italy. A phylogenetic analysis based on the D1/D2 region of the large-subunit rRNA gene showed that all isolates clustered as a single separate lineage within the Wickerhamomyces clade. They exhibited distinct morphological...

食品由来の酵母19菌種75株についてポテトデキストロース寒天培地, 25 °C，5日間培養した後, VITEK MSTM plusを用いてマススペクトルを取得し, SuperSpectrum (SSp) を作成した. 作成したSSpについて検証を行った結果, 同定の信頼性レベルはSchizosaccharomyces 属, Sterigmatomyces elviae, Starmerella apicola, S. etchellsii, Wickerhamomyces subpelliculosus, Zygosaccharomyces rouxii，Zygosaccharomyces bisporus では80 %以上であった. Z. bailii，Z. parabailii，Z. pseudobailii，Z. mellis, およびZ. siamensisは, それぞれのS...

Leishmania siamensis infection was recently reported from Thailand. Clinical presentation of L. siamensis infections is generally related to human immunodeficiency virus infection. Herein, disseminated dermal L. siamensis infection in a systemic steroid therapy patient from Myanmar is described.

Yılmaz-Semerci S, Demirel G, Taştekin A. Wickerhamomyces anomalus blood stream infection in a term newborn with pneumonia. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 349-351. The incidence of invasive candidiasis is high in neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. Candida albicans is the most common fungal agent pathogenic to neonates but...

We report the first establishment of in vitro cultivation and genotypic characterization of Leishmania siamensis isolated from an autochthonous disseminated dermal and visceral leishmaniasis in a Thai acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient. The molecular identification has shown that the parasite was identical to L. siamensis, a recently described Leishmania species reported in the s...

Five strains representing a novel yeast species belonging to the genus Wickerhamomyces were independently isolated from Ecuador, Taiwan and the USA. One strain (CLQCA 10-161(T)) was isolated from the white flower of an unidentified plant species collected in the Maquipucuna cloud forest reserve, near Quito, in Ecuador. A second strain (GY7L12) was isolated from the leaf of a Chinese sumac or nu...

subfamily Gardennieae, family Rubiaceae. It is widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical regions, especially in Asia and Africa. Craib reported that R. siamensis CRAIB is synonymous with R. longiflora HOOK f., R. uncata RIDL., Griffithia siamensis MIQ. and Webera siamensis KURZ. It can be found in all parts of Thailand and Burma, especially in humid regions. This plant is known by various...

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania siamensis, is an emerging disease in Thailand. Although reported cases have been increasing, epidemiological information of the disease including host and vector aspects is not clearly known. This study was a preliminary survey of the potential vector of L. siamensis in an affected area of leishmaniasis, Trang Province, southern Thailand. METHODS...