Kluyveromyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Saccharomycetes
Order:
Saccharomycetales
Family:
Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:
Kluyveromyces

Van der Walt, 1956[1]
Species

Kluyveromyces is a genus of ascomycetous yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae.[2] Some of the species, such as K. marxianus, are the teleomorphs of Candida species.

The genus name of Kluyveromyces is in honour of Albert Jan Kluyver ForMemRS (1888-1956), who was a Dutch microbiologist and biochemist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Johannes P. Van der Walt in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek vol.22 on pages 268–271 in 1956.

Mating and sporulation in Kluyveromyces are co-induced by poor environments and most often occur in succession without intervening diploid mitotic cell divisions.[4]

A RAD52 gene homolog from Kluyveromyces lactis was cloned and characterized.[5] This gene, which has a central role in recombinational repair of DNA, can complement S. cerevisiae rad52 mutants.[5]

Species

Kluyveromyces is widely cultured for microbiological en genetic research. Some important species include:

See also

References

  1. ^ Van der Walt, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Ned. Tijdschr. Hyg. 22: 271 (1956)
  2. ^ "Kluyveromyces Walt, 1956". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Hanson SJ, Wolfe KH. An Evolutionary Perspective on Yeast Mating-Type Switching. Genetics. 2017 May;206(1):9-32. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.202036. PMID 28476860; PMCID: PMC5419495
  5. ^ a b Milne GT, Weaver DT. Dominant negative alleles of RAD52 reveal a DNA repair/recombination complex including Rad51 and Rad52. Genes Dev. 1993 Sep;7(9):1755-65. doi: 10.1101/gad.7.9.1755. PMID 8370524


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