''Meyerozyma guilliermondii'' (formerly known as ''Pichia guilliermondii'' until its rename in 2010) is a species of
yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom (biology), kingdom. The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and at least 1,500 species are currently recognized. They are est ...
of the genus ''
Meyerozyma'' whose asexual or
anamorph
In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota:
*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
*Anamorph: an ase ...
ic form is known as ''Candida guilliermondii''.
''Candida guilliermondii'' has been isolated from numerous human infections, mostly of cutaneous origin, if only from immunosuppressed patients. ''C. guilliermondii'' has also been isolated from normal skin and in seawater, feces of animals, fig wasps, buttermilk, leather, fish, and beer.
Morphology
''Candida guilliermondii'' colonies are flat, moist, smooth, and cream to yellow in color on
Sabouraud dextrose agar. It does not grow on the surface when inoculated into Sabouraud broth.
When grown on cornmeal-Tween 80 agar at 25 °C for 72 hours, ''C. guillermondii'' produces clusters of small
blastospore
A blastospore is an asexual reproductive spore produced by budding, commonly found in fungi within the division Glomeromycota. The word blastospore is derived from the Greek ('sprout', 'bud', or 'germ') and ('spore').
In ''Candida albica ...
s along its pseudohyphae, especially at septal points. Pseudohyphae are short and few in number.
References
External links
M. guilliermondii at NCBI Taxonomy browser
Yeasts
Saccharomycetaceae
Fungus species
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