PYCC 6399

General Information

Taxonomy

1 - Taxon name

Wickerhamiella occidentalis

2 - Classification

Ascomycota

3 - Strain (species name) changes

None

4 - Status of the strain

Type strain of Wickerhamiella occidentalis

Other Collections

8 - Accession numbers in other collections

UWO(PS) 91-698.4;CBS 8452

Strain details

11 - PYCC strain status

Open

12 - Mediterranean strain

13 - Substrate of isolation

flower of Ipomoea acuminata

14 - Category of substrate

Vascular plants, mosses & algae

15 - Locality

Hawaii Island

16 - Country of origin

USA

19 - Isolated by and date of isolation

M.-A. Lachance, 1991

21 - Deposited by

A. Lachance, Nov. 2013

22 - History

M.A. Lachance < PYCC

23 - Preservation

Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC Freeze dried ampoules

24 - Price per culture

90€

Growth conditions

26 - Medium for growth

YMA

Molecular data

DNA Sequence

Region

26S

Sequence Title

AF046037

Gene Bank Url

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AF046037

Bibliography

Title

Wickerhamiella australiensis Wickerhamiella cacticola Wickerhamiella occidentalis Candida drosophilae and Candida lipophila five new related yeast species from flowers and associated insects