Clavispora lusitaniae Rodrigues de Miranda, teleomorph
Biosafety Level
1
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Product Format
freeze-dried
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Genome Sequenced Strain
Yes
Mating Type
alpha
Comments
Opportunistic pathogen
Resistance to amphotericin B
Genome sequencing strain (Broad Institute, USA).
Mitochondrial genome sequenced strain
Medium
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 1245: YEPD
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
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Young LY, et al. A STE12 homolog is required for mating but dispensable for filamentation in Candida lusitaniae. Genetics 155: 17-29, 2000. PubMed: 10790381
Butler G, et al. Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes. Nature 459: 657-662, 2009. PubMed: 19465905
Valach M, et al. Evolution of linear chromosomes and multipartite genomes in yeast mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Res. 39: 4202-4219, 2011. PubMed: 21266473
