| candida kuoi sp. nov., an anamorphic species of the starmerella yeast clade that synthesizes sophorolipids. | a novel strain of anamorphic yeast, designated strain nrrl y-27208(t), was isolated from concentrated grape juice in cape province, south africa. analysis of nuclear large subunit rrna gene sequences from the d1/d2 domains separated the novel isolate from strains of starmerella bombicola and starmerella meliponinorum, as well as from species of the genus candida that are members of the starmerella clade. compared to previously described species, strain nrrl y-27208(t) is most closely related to ... | 2012 | 22268073 |
| production of sophorolipid biosurfactants by multiple species of the starmerella (candida) bombicola yeast clade. | sophorolipids are carbohydrate-based, amphiphilic biosurfactants that are of increasing interest for use in environmentally benign cleaning agents. sophorolipid production was tested for 26 strains representing 19 species of the starmerella yeast clade, including starmerella bombicola and candida apicola, which were previously reported to produce sophorolipids. five of the 19 species tested showed significant production of sophorolipids: s. bombicola, c. apicola, candida riodocensis, candida ste ... | 2010 | 20738402 |
| candida riodocensis and candida cellae, two new yeast species from the starmerella clade associated with solitary bees in the atlantic rain forest of brazil. | two new ascomycetous yeast species belonging to the starmerella clade were discovered in nests of two solitary bee species in the atlantic rain forest of brazil. candida riodocensis was isolated from pollen-nectar provisions, larvae and fecal pellets of nests of megachile sp., and candida cellae was found in pollen-nectar provisions of centris tarsata. analysis of the sequences of the d1/d2 large-subunit ribosomal dna showed that c. riodocensis is phylogenetically related to c. batistae, and the ... | 2005 | 15925316 |