PYCC 6394
PYCC 6394
General Information
Taxonomy
1 - Taxon name
Wickerhamiella occidentalis
2 - Classification
Ascomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
None
4 - Status of the strain
Isotype strain of Wickerhamiella occidentalis
5 - Basis for identification
Molecular (multilocus sequencing)
6 - Identified by
Lachance et al., 1998
Other Collections
7 - Original strain number
NA
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
UFMG 96-197;CBS 8453
Biosafety and restrictions
9 - Biological Safety Level
BSL-1
Strain details
11 - PYCC strain status
Open
12 - Mediterranean strain
No
13 - Substrate of isolation
flower of Ipomoea carnea var. fistulosa
14 - Category of substrate
Vascular plants, mosses & algae
15 - Locality
Salinas
16 - Country of origin
Brazil
18 - Sample Collected by
NA
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
C.A. Rosa, 1996
20 - Isolation details
NA
21 - Deposited by
M.A. Lachance, Nov. 2013
22 - History
C.A. Rosa > M.A. Lachance > PYCC
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC
24 - Price per culture
90€
25 - Remarks
Strain available only after clearence from original depositor, Dr. Carlos Rosa (UFMG)
Growth conditions
26 - Medium for growth
YMA
Molecular data
Bibliography
Title
Wickerhamiella australiensis Wickerhamiella cacticola Wickerhamiella occidentalis Candida drosophilae and Candida lipophila five new related yeast species from flowers and associated insects