PYCC 8518
PYCC 8518
General Information
Taxonomy
1 - Taxon name
Mrakia niccombsii
2 - Classification
Basidiomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
Mrakiella niccombsii, Cryptococcus niccombsii
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Mrakia niccombsii
5 - Basis for identification
Molecular (D1D2 & ITS)
6 - Identified by
Skye Thomas-Hall
Other Collections
7 - Original strain number
NA
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
CBS 8917; ML 4500
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
Vestvold Hills
16 - Country of origin
Antarctica
18 - Sample Collected by
NA
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
Skye Thomas-Hall, Mar 1998
20 - Isolation details
PDA, 18ºC
21 - Deposited by
J. P. Sampaio, Mar. 2020
22 - History
CBS > J.P. Sampaio > PYCC
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -80ºC
24 - Price per culture
85€
25 - Remarks
Growth temperature of 17ºC
Growth conditions
26 - Medium for growth
MYP
Bibliography
Title
Cold-adapted yeasts from Antarctica and the Italian Alps—description of three novel species: Mrakia robertii sp. nov., Mrakia blollopis sp. nov. and Mrakiella niccombsii sp. nov.