The genome of Candida membranifaciens IST 626
(Saccharomycetales; Debaryomycetaceae; Yamadazyma;
Yamadazyma/Candida clade) was sequenced by
Novogene Bioinformatics Technology Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong) and
assembled by Margarida Palma at Instituto Superior Técnico,
University of Lisbon, Portugal. The JGI Fungal Annotation pipeline
was used to predict genes and provide functional annotation.
Candida membranifaciens IST 626 was isolated from soil in
Sesimbra, Portugal. This species has the ability to assimilate a
wide variety of carbon souces, including inulin and pentoses [1],
and is a flavinogenic yeast capable of riboflavin oversynthesis
during starvation for iron.
References:
[1] Lachance M-A, Boekhout T, Scorzetti G, Fell JW and Kurtzman CP (2011) Candida Berkhout (1923). In: Kurtzman CP, Fell JW, Boekhout T (eds) The Yeasts: A Taxonomic Study, 5th ed. Elsevier, pp 987-1278
Genome Reference(s)
Palma M, Mondo S, Pereira M, Vieira É, Grigoriev IV, Sá-Correia I
Genome Sequence and Analysis of the Flavinogenic Yeast Candida membranifaciens IST 626.
J Fungi (Basel). 2022 Mar 1;8(3):. doi: 10.3390/jof8030254