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Vanderwaltozyma polyspora

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Vanderwaltozyma polyspora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Saccharomycetales
Family: Saccharomycetaceae
Genus: Vanderwaltozyma
Species:
V. polyspora
Binomial name
Vanderwaltozyma polyspora
(van der Walt) Kurtzman 2003
Synonyms

Kluyveromyces polysporus Van der Walt (1956).
Saccharomyces polysporus (Van der Walt) I.Campb. (1972).

Vanderwaltozyma polyspora is a species of multi-spored yeast fungus in the family Saccharomycetaceae found in soil, first described by Johannes P. van der Walt, and moved to a new genus by Cletus P. Kurtzman in 2003 (together with Vanderwaltozyma yarrowii).

Background

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Like other Vanderwaltozyma species it is characterized by the fermentation of glucose and galactose and the assimilation of nitrogen sources like ethylamine, nitrate, lysine, and cadaverine. V. polyspora has been rarely isolated from natural sources, with only eight strains of the species isolated and reported until 2020.[1] It has oblong to reniform ascospores that release spores quickly, and it can produce up to 100 ascospores due to supernumerary mitosis in the ascus parent cell. Growth on agar has cream to brownish color and is butyrous to glossy.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Lachance, Marc-André (2011-01-01), Kurtzman, Cletus P.; Fell, Jack W.; Boekhout, Teun (eds.), "Chapter 77 - Vanderwaltozyma Kurtzman (2003)", The Yeasts (Fifth Edition), London: Elsevier, pp. 883–886, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-52149-1.00077-x, ISBN 978-0-444-52149-1, retrieved 2023-05-13
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