Kuraishia
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Kuraishia is a genus of two species of ascomycetous yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae. The type species Kuraishia capsulata was originally described as a member of Hansenula (now Pichia) in 1953.
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Kuraishia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Saccharomycetes |
Order: | Saccharomycetales |
Family: | Saccharomycetaceae |
Genus: | Kuraishia Y.Yamada, K.Maeda & Mikata (1994) |
Type species | |
Kuraishia capsulata (Wick.) Y.Yamada, K.Maeda & Mikata (1994)[1] | |
Species | |
K. capsulata |
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The genus name of Kuraishia is in honour of Hiroshi Kuraishi, Japanese (Micro-)Biologist (Mycology and Lichenology), from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.[2]
K. molischiana was described as new to science in 2004.[3] The complete genome sequence of K. capsulata was reported in 2013.[4] K. capsulata produces extracellular exopolysahharide, phosphomannan, as an external phosphorus reserve.[5]