Bensingtonia rectispora sp. nov. and Bensingtonia bomiensis sp. nov., ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from Tibetan plant leaves Five yeast strains isolated from plant leaves collected in south-east Tibet formed cream to brownish colonies and produced asymmetrical ballistoconidia and CoQ-9 as the major ubiquinone. Sequence analysis of the 26S rRNA D1/D2 domain and the internal transcribed spacer region indicated that these strains represented two novel species of the genus Bensingtonia.

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... e names Bensingtonia rectispora sp. nov. (type strain XZ 4C5 T 5CGMCC 2.02635 T 5CBS 10710 T ) and Bensingtonia bomiensis sp. nov. (type strain XZ 33D1 T 5CGMCC 2.02670 T 5CBS 10713 T ) are proposed for the two novel species, which are phylogenetically closely related to Bensingtonia naganoensis, Bensingtonia pseudonaganoensis and the type species of the genus, Bensingtonia ciliata. Abbreviation: ITS, internal transcribed spacer. The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the ITS region and 26S rRNA gene D1/D2 domain sequences of strains XZ 4C5 T , XZ 5C1-D, XZ 9C3-D, XZ 14B3-2 and XZ 33D1 T are JN620351-JN620355, respectively.