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. 2016 Mar 19;56(2):172–181. doi: 10.1007/s12088-016-0573-9

Table 2.

Screening of different yeasts for their ability to utilize toxic compounds

Strain Species Substrate where strain was obtained Results
Acetic acid Syringaldehyde Ferulic acid Furfural 5-hydroxymethylfurfural Combination of compounds
1 g/L 5 g/L 0.2 g/L 0.7 g/L 8 × 10−2 g/L 0.4 g/L 1.8 × 10−3 g/L 1.6 × 10−2 g/L 4.0 × 10−3 g/L 2.0 × 10−2 g/L 1a 2b
1 PBM 63 Candida metapsilosis ATCC 96144 Atta laevigata + +
2 PBM 52 Candida guilliermondii TJY14a Atta laevigata + +
3 TO 100 Aureobasidium pullulans Acromyrmex balzani
4 TO 182 Aureobasidium sp. Acromyrmex balzani
5 TO 178 Aureobasidium pullulans Acromyrmex balzani
6 TO 047 Cryptococcus laurentii Acromyrmex balzani +
7 PBM 44 Pichia caribbica Atta laevigata + +
8 PBM 64 Candida parapsilopsis Atta laevigata + +
9 PBM 30 Pichia burtonii Atta laevigata + +
10 BR3-3BY Candida silvae Vriesia sp. + +
11 TO 050 Rhodosporidium toruloides Acromyrmex balzani + + +
12 TO 049 Sporisorium elionuri Acromyrmex balzani + +
13 TO 217 Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans Acromyrmex balzani +
14 TO 023 Cryptococcus laurentii Acromyrmex balzani +
15 TO 018 Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Acromyrmex balzani + +
16 SIA 24.1 Sporobolomyces japonicus Fallen vegetation litter
17 TO 057 Sporisorium elionuri Acromyrmex balzani +
18 BR6-2AI Candida shehatae Bromeliad water
19 54 Trichosporon chiarellii Myrmicocrypta sp.
20 CG8-8BY Candida shehatae Mushroom
21 PT1-1BASP Candida shehatae Euterpe sp.
22 BR6-2AY Candida shehatae Bromeliad water
23 N8a Meyerozyma guilliermondii + +
24 N12a2 Trichosporon asahii
25 N4ap2 Trichosporon asahii
26 PI-II5 Aureobasidium pullulans Polybia ignobilis
27 PI-II63 Aureobasidium pullulans Polybia ignobilis +
28 32 Aureobasidium pullulans Polybia ignobilis
29 MP2-2CB Pseudozyma hubeiensis + + +
30 PBM 39 Meira Arqovae CBS 110053 Atta laevigata + +
31 A1 M-A12 Pichia caribbica Atta sp. + +
32 PBM 3 Aureobasidium pullulans Atta laevigata
33 FB1-1DASP Candida sp. Campanulaceae
34 H10-10AY NI Hedychium coronarium koening
35 HFLS-5BASP Candida tenuis Hedychium coronarium koenig
36 TO O11 Cryptococcus mangaliensis Acromyrmex balzani
37 TO 23 Cryptococcus laurentii Acromyrmex balzani
38 A1M-A7 Exophiala sp.
39 FB8 NI + +
40 Lj-3 Issatchenkia occidentalis CCTCC M 206097 Wastewater and sludge + + + +
41 S-7 Issatchenkia orientalis CCTCC M 206098 Wastewater and sludge + + +
42 W7 Lecythophora sp. Polybia ignob ilis
43 B22a2 Candida azyma Polybia ignob ilis
44 S11 Saccharomycopsis crataegensis Polybia ignob ilis + + +
45 Mel 28 Pichia caribbica Polybia ignob ilis + + +
46 YS4 Candida kofuensis Polybia ignob ilis
47 W13a1b Pichia guilliermondii Polybia ignob ilis +
48 Mel 10 Aureobasidium pullulans Polybia ignob ilis
49 Ml Issatchenkia occidentalis Syzygium jambolanum + + + +
50 Yl′a Issatchenkia occidentalis Syzygium j amb olanum + + + +
51 Yl′b Issatchenkia occidentalis Syzygium jambolanum + + + +
52 Y3′ Issatchenkia occidentalis Syzygium jambolanum + + + +
53 JP26/06a Issatchenkia terricola Syzygium jambolanum + +
54 W14 Pichia guilliermondii Polybia ignobilis + +
55 BD149 Cryptococcus sp. (in description) Electrical wiring of lamp post +
56 A2-1 Cryptococcus sp. (in description) Electrical wiring of lamp post + +
57 A2-4 Cryptococcus sp. (in description) Electrical wiring of lamp post
58 TO 622 NI Acromyrmex balzani + + +
59 TO 623 NI Acromyrmex balzani
60 TO 621 NI Acromyrmex balzani + + +
61 TO 443 NI Acromyrmex balzani +
62 TO 440 NI Acromyrmex balzani
63 TO 753 NI Acromyrmex balzani
64 CBS 5813 NI

aCombination 1: Acetic acid (1 g/L) + Syringaldehyde (0.2 g/L) + ferulic acid (8 × 10−2 g/L) + furfural (1.8 × 10−3 g/L) + HMF (4.0 × 10−3 g/L)

bCombination 2: Acetic acid (5 g/L) + Syringaldehyde (0.7 g/L) + ferulic acid (0.40 g/L) + furfural (1.6 × 10−2 g/L) + HMF (2.0 × 10−2 g/L)

+ Microorganism growth in presenting the selected compound. − Microorganism no growth under the selected compound

Strains 40—Lj-3 Issatchenkia occidentalis CCTCC M 206097 e 41—S-7 Issatchenkia orientalis CCTCC M 206098 were used as positive control [22]