Starmerella camargoi f.a., sp nov., Starmerella ilheusensis f.a., sp nov., Starmerella litoralis f.a., sp nov., Starmerella opuntiae f.a., sp nov., Starmerella roubikii f.a., sp nov and Starmerella vitae f.a., sp nov., isolated from flowers and bees, and transfer of related Candida species to the genus Starmerella as new combinations

Six novel yeast species, Starmerella camargoi f.a., sp. nov., Starmerella ilheusensis f.a., sp. nov., Starmerella litoralis f.a., Starmerella opuntiae f.a., sp. nov., sp. nov., Starmerella roubikii f.a., sp. nov. and Starmerella vitae f.a, sp. nov. are proposed to accommodate 19 isolates recovered from ephemeral flowers or bees in Brazil, Costa Rica and Belize. Sequence analysis of the ITS-5.8S region (when available) and the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit of the rRNA gene showed that the six novel yeasts are phylogenetically related to several species of the Starmerella clade. The type strains are Starmerella camargoi f.a., sp. nov. UFMG-CM-Y595(T) (=CBS 14130(T); Mycobank number MB 822640), Starmerella ilheusensis f. a., sp. nov. UFMG-CM-Y596(T) (=CBS CBS14131(T); MB 822641), Starmerella litoralis f.a., sp. nov. UFMG-CM-Y603(T) (=CBS14104(T); MB 822642), Starmerella opuntiae f.a., sp. nov. UFMG-CM-Y286(T) (=CBS 13466(T); MB 822643), Starmerella roubikii f.a., sp. nov. UWOPS 01-191.1 (=CBS 15148; MB 822645) and Starmerella vitae f.a., sp. nov. UWOPS 00-107.2 (=CBS 15147(T); MB 822646). In addition, 25 species currently assigned to the genus Candida are reassigned formally to the genus Starmerella.