PYCC 8333
PYCC 8333
General Information
Taxonomy
1 - Taxon name
Wickerhamiella azyma
2 - Classification
Ascomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
Candida azyma; Torulopsis azyma
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Wickerhamiella azyma
5 - Basis for identification
Molecular (whole genome sequence)
6 - Identified by
A. Pontes
Other Collections
7 - Original strain number
NA
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
NRRL Y-17067; CBS 6826; ATCC 36851; CCRC 22388; IFO 10406; JCM 1691
Biosafety and restrictions
9 - Biological Safety Level
BSL-1
10 - Access and Benefit Sharing (CBD, Nagoya protocol)
No known ABS restrictions
Strain details
11 - PYCC strain status
Open
12 - Mediterranean strain
No
13 - Substrate of isolation
Lichen
14 - Category of substrate
Vascular plants, mosses & algae
15 - Locality
Transvaal, near Groblersdal
16 - Country of origin
South Africa
18 - Sample Collected by
NA
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
NA
20 - Isolation details
NA
21 - Deposited by
NRRL, Feb. 2019
22 - History
CBS > NRRL > PYCC
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC
24 - Price per culture
90€
25 - Remarks
NA
Growth conditions
26 - Medium for growth
YMA
Molecular data
Bibliography
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