title: A new methanol assimilating yeast, Ogataea parapolymorpha, the ascosporic state of Candida parapolymorpha.
abstract: Ogataea parapolymorpha sp. n. (NRRL YB-1982, CBS 12304, type strain), the ascosporic state of Candida parapolymorpha, 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 Ogataea angusta and Ogataea polymorpha. 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.
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens and Mycology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA. cletus.kurtzman@ars.usda.gov
authors.forename: Cletus P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kurtzman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000432:Methanol