PYCC 8436
PYCC 8436
General Information
Taxonomy
1 - Taxon name
Wickerhamiella nectarea
2 - Classification
Ascomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
None
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Wickerhamiella nectarea
5 - Basis for identification
Molecular (whole genome sequence)
6 - Identified by
Carla Gonçalves
Other Collections
7 - Original strain number
EBD CdV SA 11.1
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
NRRL Y-63791; CBS 14162
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
Nectar of Protea dracomontana
14 - Category of substrate
Vascular plants, mosses & algae
15 - Locality
Garden castle region, KwaZulu-Natal province
16 - Country of origin
South Africa
18 - Sample Collected by
Clara de Vega
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
Clara de Vega, 2009
20 - Isolation details
NA
21 - Deposited by
NRRL, Jan. 2020
22 - History
M.A. Lachance > NRRL > PYCC
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -80ºC
24 - Price per culture
85€
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