PYCC 3043
1 - Taxon name
Starmerella apis
2 - Classification
Ascomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
Candida apis var. apis; Torulopsis apis
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Starmerella apis; Types strain of Candida apis var. apis; Type strain of Torulopsis apis
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
CBS 2674;ATCC 24610;CCRC 22486;IFO 10262;JCM 8256;NRIC 1909;NRRL Y-2482
11 - PYCC strain status
Open
12 - Mediterranean strain
No
13 - Substrate of isolation
trachea of a bee
14 - Category of substrate
Animal
15 - Locality
England, Buckfast
16 - Country of origin
UK
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
P. Lavie
21 - Deposited by
1963
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC Freeze dried ampoules
24 - Price per culture
85€
26 - Medium for growth
YMA
DNA Sequence
Region
26S
Sequence Title
U48237
Gene Bank Url
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/U48237
F1 D-Glucose
-
F2 D-Galactose
-
F3 Maltose
-
F5 Sucrose
-
F6 a,a-Trehalose
-
F7 Melibiose
-
F8 Lactose
-
F9 Cellobiose
-
F10 Melezitose
-
F11 Raffinose
-
F12 Inulin
-
C41 Methanol
-
C42 Ethanol
+
T1 Growth at 25ºC
+
T1 Growth at 30ºC
+
T3 Growth at 35ºC
V
T4 Growth at 37ºC
-
T5 Growth at 40ºC
-
O4 50% D-Glucose
+
M1 Starch formation
-
M3 Urea hydrolysis
-
M4 Diazonium Blue B reaction
-
Title
Flowers as a reservoir of yeast diversity: description of Wickerhamiella nectarea f.a. sp. nov., and Wickerhamiella natalensis f.a. sp. nov. from South African flowers and pollinators, and transfer of related Candida species to the genus Wickerhamiella as new combination