metschnikowiaceous

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Etymology edit

Metschnikowiaceae +‎ -ous

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metschnikowiaceous (not comparable)

  1. (mycology, rare) Belonging to the yeast family Metschnikowiaceae.
    • 2007, Jessamyn S. Manson, Marc-André Lachance, James D. Thomson, Candida gelsemii sp. nov., a yeast of the Metschnikowiaceae clade isolated from nectar of the poisonous Carolina jessamine
      In the process, strains of Metschnikowia reukaufii were recovered from azalea nectar whereas the jessamine nectars yielded strains of Candida rancoensis as well as a new asexual species with metschnikowiaceous affinities, which we now describe as Candida gelsemii.