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A new methanol assimilating yeast, Ogataea parapolymorpha, the ascosporic state of Candida parapolymorpha

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Ogataeaparapolymorpha sp. n. (NRRL YB-1982, CBS 12304, type strain), the ascosporic state of Candidaparapolymorpha, is described. The species appears homothallic, assimilates methanol as is typical of most Ogataea species and forms hat-shaped ascospores in asci that become deliquescent. O. parapolymorpha is closely related to Ogataeaangusta and Ogataeapolymorpha. The three species can be resolved from gene sequence analyses but are unresolved from fermentation and growth reactions that are typically used for yeast identification. On the basis of multiple isolates, O. angusta is known only from California, USA, in association with Drosophila and Aulacigaster flies, O. parapolymorpha is predominantly associated with insect frass from trees in the eastern USA but O. polymorpha has been isolated from various substrates in the USA, Brazil, Spain and Costa Rica.

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Christie J. Robnett is gratefully acknowledged for providing the gene sequences compared in this study, and Kyria Boundy-Mills provided strain histories for many of the O. angusta isolates. The mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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Kurtzman, C.P. A new methanol assimilating yeast, Ogataea parapolymorpha, the ascosporic state of Candida parapolymorpha . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 100, 455–462 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-011-9603-0

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