Blastobotrys xijiuensis sp. nov., a new ascomycetous yeast species from the Daqu-making environment in Guizhou Province, China.
Six yeast strains were isolated from residual powder on brooms used in the production of high-temperature Daqu collected in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene indicated tha...