Vanderwaltozyma

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Vanderwaltozyma
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Vanderwaltozyma

Kurtzman 2003
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Vanderwaltozyma polyspora

Vanderwaltozyma is a genus of ascomycetous yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae. [1]

The genus name is in honour of Johannes P. van der Walt (1925-2011), a South African mycologist who first described Vanderwaltozyma polyspora and Vanderwaltozyma yarrowii (in the Kluyveromyces genus). The genus was circumscribed by Cletus P. Kurtzman in 2003.

Vanderwaltozyma species are characterized by the fermentation of glucose and galactose, the assimilation of nitrogen sources like ethylamine, nitrate, lysine, and cadaverine, and spores shaped spheroidal, oblong, or reniform. [2]

Species

According to Catalogue of Life (as of May 2023), the genus has 7 accepted species: [3]

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References

  1. "Vanderwaltozyma Kurtzman, 2003". www.gbif.org.
  2. Chang, Chin-Feng; Liu, Yi-Ru; Naumov, Gennadi I.; Naumova, Elena S.; Lee, Ching-Fu (May 2020). "Taxonomy of the yeast genus Vanderwaltozyma and proposal of Vanderwaltozyma meishanica sp. nov., Vanderwaltozyma huisunica sp. nov., and Vanderwaltozyma molinica sp. nov". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 113 (5): 663–676. doi:10.1007/s10482-019-01376-3. ISSN   0003-6072. PMID   31897851. S2CID   209528251.
  3. "Vanderwaltozyma | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.