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. 2021 Nov 11;7(11):957. doi: 10.3390/jof7110957

Table 3.

Key characteristics of species assigned to the genus Wickerhamomyces.

Species Growth in/at * Ascospores
on 5% MEA
True Hyphae
Ga Sor DXy LAr DAr Rh Su Cel Mlb Raf St Rbl DGlu Man Glt 2-ket Cit NO3 ‒V 37 °C
W. alni + + + + v + + + + +
W. anomalus v v v + + + + v + + + + + v +
W. arborarius + l/‒ + v v l/+ + v + + + + + + n + + n
W. bisporus + w/‒ + + + v w/+ v + + n +
W. bovis + + v + + v + + + + +
W. canadensis + w/+ + + v + w/+ + v + + v
W. chambardii + + w +
W. chaumierensis + n + + n n n n n n
W. ciferrii + w/+ w/+ w/+ + w/+ + + + + + + + + w/‒ + v
W. edaphicus + + w/‒ + + + + + + + + + l/‒ + + + w n
W. hampshirensis + s + + w/+ + v s +
W. kurtzmanii + w w n +
W. lynferdii + + + + + + + + + + +
W. menglaensis w w w + w + + + + + n
W. mori + w + n + w +
W. mucosus + + v + + + + w/+ + +
W. myanmarensis + s w s + s s + + + + n + + + + +
W. ochangensis + + + + + + n + n
W. onychis + v v + + + + + + + +
W. orientalis + n w w w w/‒ + + w w w n w n n + +
W. patagonicus w + + n w w w w n + n
W. pijperi + + + + + v +
W. psychrolipolyticus + + + + + + + + + n n + + n
W. queroliae + + + + + + + w/s + +
W. rabaulensis + + v + + + + + + + + +
W. scolytoplatypi + s s + + + s + + + +
W. siamensis s s + w w w w w + + -
W. silvicola + v + + + v + + + v v + v + v
W. spegazzinii + + + + + + + s + + w + + + +
W. strasburgensis + + + + + + + + + + + v +
W. subpelliculosus v v v v + v + v v + + + + v + v
W. sydowiorum + v + + + + + + v + + + + + + +
W. sylviae v s/‒ + + +,‒ w/‒ s/‒ w/+ s/‒ v + +
W. tratensis v v v n n + n
W. xylosicus + + + + + w n +
W. xylosivorus w/‒ + + + w + n + + n
W. lannaensis + + + + + + w
W. nanensis + + + + w w

* Ga = Galactose, Sor = L-Sorbose, DXy = D-Xylose, LAr = L-Arabinose, DAr = D-Arabinose, Rh = L-Rhamnose, Su = Sucrose, Cel = Cellobiose, Mlb = Melibiose, Raf = Raffinose, St = Soluble starch, Rbl = Ribitol, DGlu = D-glucitol, Man = D-Mannitol, Glt = Galactitol, 2-ket = 2-ketogluconic acid, Cit = Citrate, NO3 = Potassium nitrate, ‒V = vitamin-free medium, 37 °C = Growth at 37 °C. “+” = strong growth or produce, ““ = absence of growth or not produce, “w” = weak growth, “v” = strain variable response, “l” = latent positive, “s” = slow positive, and “n” = no data.