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Coenzyme Q system in the classification of some ascosporogenous yeast genera in the families Saccharomycetaceae and Spermophthoraceae

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The Co-Q systems of 11 strains representing the generaSchwanniomyces, Lodderomyces, Lipomyces, Nematospora andMetschnikowia were determined. All the genera were characterized by the Q-9 system except for the genusNematospora with needle-shaped ascospores. The only species,Nem. coryli, was found to have the Q-6 system. These results are discussed from the taxonomic point of view.

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  1. Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Shizuoka University, 422, Shizuoka, Japan

    Y. Yamada, M. Arimoto & K. Kondo

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This constitutes Part VII of a series entitled “Significance of the coenzyme Q system in the classification of yeasts and yeast-like organisms.”

The abbreviations used here for coenzyme Q or ubiquinone are: Co-Q, coenzyme Q; Co-Q n , Q-n or Q n withn denoting a specified number of isoprene units in a side chain, e.g., Co-Q6, Q-6, Q6, etc.

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Yamada, Y., Arimoto, M. & Kondo, K. Coenzyme Q system in the classification of some ascosporogenous yeast genera in the families Saccharomycetaceae and Spermophthoraceae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 43, 65–71 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02316211

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