Kluyveromyces

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Kluyveromyces is a genus of ascomycetous yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

A RAD52 gene homolog from Kluyveromyces lactis was cloned and characterized.[4] This gene, which has a central role in recombinational repair of DNA, can complement S. cerevisiae rad52 mutants.[4]

Species

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

See also

References

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  3. 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
  4. 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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