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Metschnikowia
Sign in to saveMetschnikowia is a genus of yeast in the family Metschnikowiaceae. Cells are usually spherical to ellipsoid. Asci are elongate and contain one or two needle shaped ascospores. Metschnikowia bicuspidata is the type species. Metschnikowia pulcherrima has been investigated for use in winemaking and as a substitute for Palm oil.
Species
Genus
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSaccharomycetes
- OrderSaccharomycetales
- FamilyMetschnikowiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Metschnikowiidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica
Research
867 papers- The Genus Metschnikowia in Enology.Microorganisms · 2020
- Metschnikowia bicuspidata in aquaculture: Pathogenesis, characteristics, and biocontrol approaches.Bio Systems · 2025
- Metschnikowia mating genomics.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2018
- Metschnikowia pulcherrima and Related Pulcherrimin-Producing Yeasts: Fuzzy Species Boundaries and Complex Antimicrobial Antagonism.Microorganisms · 2020
- Potential of Metschnikowia yeasts in green applications: a review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Metschnikowiaceae
- Image
- Metschnikowia tuberculata (10.3897-zookeys.915.47460) Figure 1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Metschnikowia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- T. Kamieński
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Encyclopedic overview
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Metschnikowia is a genus of yeast in the family Metschnikowiaceae. Cells are usually spherical to ellipsoid. Asci are elongate and contain one or two needle shaped ascospores. Metschnikowia bicuspidata is the type species. Metschnikowia pulcherrima has been investigated for use in winemaking and as a substitute for Palm oil.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metschnikowia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.