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Open AccessNomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes
The unambiguous application of fungal names is important to communicate scientific findings. Names are critical for (clinical) diagnostics, legal compliance, and regulatory controls, such as biosafety, food se...
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Description of Hyphopichia buzzinii f.a., sp. nov. and Hyphopichia homilentoma comb. nov., the teleomorph of Candida homilentoma
During studies of the yeast diversity associated with rotting wood in Brazil and fruits, plants and insects in French Guiana, three strains of a new species were isolated. Analysis of the sequences of the inte...
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Identification of yeasts isolated from raffia wine (Raphia hookeri) produced in Côte d’Ivoire and genoty** of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains by PCR inter-delta
Raffia wine is a traditional alcoholic beverage produced in several African countries where it plays a significant role in traditional customs and population diet. Alcoholic fermentation of this beverage is en...
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Open AccessAn Information System for European culture collections: the way forward
Culture collections contain indispensable information about the microorganisms preserved in their repositories, such as taxonomical descriptions, origins, physiological and biochemical characteristics, bibliog...
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Correction: Corrigendum: Differential gene retention as an evolutionary mechanism to generate biodiversity and adaptation in yeasts
The evolutionary history of the characters underlying the adaptation of microorganisms to food and biotechnological uses is poorly understood. We undertook comparative genomics to investigate evolutionary rela...
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Open AccessDifferential gene retention as an evolutionary mechanism to generate biodiversity and adaptation in yeasts
The evolutionary history of the characters underlying the adaptation of microorganisms to food and biotechnological uses is poorly understood. We undertook comparative genomics to investigate evolutionary rela...
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Open AccessLipids containing medium-chain fatty acids are specific to post-whole genome duplication Saccharomycotina yeasts
Yeasts belonging to the subphylum Saccharomycotina have been used for centuries in food processing and, more recently, biotechnology. Over the past few decades, these yeasts have also been studied in the inter...
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Increased diversity in the genus Debaryomyces from Arctic glacier samples
Ice from Arctic glaciers contains large populations of yeasts. We studied 38 isolates from this environment, which were initially identified as Debaryomyces sp. related to Debaryomyces hansenii by sequence analys...
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Open AccessDeposit of microbial strains in public service collections as part of the publication process to underpin good practice in science
Despite recommendations to release microbial resources to the community post-publication, the reality is far from satisfying. A workshop discussed the need for a coordinated and effective deposition policy for...
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Open AccessThe complete genome of Blastobotrys (Arxula) adeninivorans LS3 - a yeast of biotechnological interest
The industrially important yeast Blastobotrys (Arxula) adeninivorans is an asexual hemiascomycete phylogenetically very distant from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Its unusual metabolic flexibility allows it to use a ...
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Transposable Elements and Their Activities in Y. lipolytica
Y. lipolytica harbors an unusually diverse set of transposable elements among Saccharomycotina yeasts. Among them, members of both the families of transposons, retrotransposons as well as DNA trans...
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Identification of yeasts during alcoholic fermentation of tchapalo, a traditional sorghum beer from Côte d’Ivoire
This study investigated the diversity and dynamics of yeasts involved in alcoholic fermentation of a traditional sorghum beer from Côte d’Ivoire, tchapalo. A total of 240 yeast strains were isolated from fermenti...
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Important genetic diversity revealed by inter-LTR PCR fingerprinting of Kluyveromyces marxianus and Debaryomyces hansenii strains from French traditional cheeses
The genetic diversity of two major yeast species found in cheese, Debaryomyces hansenii and Kluyveromyces marxianus, was analyzed within the yeast flora in French traditional cheesemaking. Based on the amplificat...
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Kluyveromyces lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, two potent deacidifying and volatile-sulphur-aroma-producing microorganisms of the cheese ecosystem
Cheese flavour is the result of complex biochemical transformations attributed to bacteria and yeasts grown on the curd of smear-ripened cheeses. Volatile sulphur compounds (VSCs) are responsible for the chara...
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Genome evolution: Lessons from Genolevures
In the past years, yeast genome-sequencing programs have been widely developed. Two of them, namely Genolevures I and II, were devoted to the exploration of hemiascomycetous yeasts. The first one covered 13 sp...
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Genome evolution in yeasts
Identifying the mechanisms of eukaryotic genome evolution by comparative genomics is often complicated by the multiplicity of events that have taken place throughout the history of individual lineages, leaving...
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Chromosomal polymorphism in the yeast species Debaryomyces hansenii
Pulse field gel electrophoresis karyotypes of 41 strains of the genus Debaryomyces, including 35 strains confirmed as D. hansenii species by D1/D2 ribosomal DNA sequence analysis, were performed. Electrophoretic ...
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Chromosomal polymorphism in the yeast species Debaryomyces hansenii
Pulse field gel electrophoresis karyotypes of 41 strains of the genus Debaryomyces, including 35 strains confirmed as D. hansenii species by D1/D2 ribosomal DNA sequence analysis, were performed. Electrophoretic ...
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Open AccessUse of specific DNA probes for the rapid characterization of yeasts isolated from complex biotopes
We describe a rapid method developed to identify yeast species commonly found during cheese ripening. It is based on the isolation of species-specific sequences and their hybridization with coarse preparations...
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Effects of modulation of RNase H production on the recovery of DNA synthesis following UV-irradiation in Escherichia coli
The requirements for the recovery of DNA synthesis in UV-irradiated Escherichia coli were analysed in strains having varied levels of RNase H and Rec A protein. We have previously shown (Khidhir et al. 1985) that...
