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Title: Notes for genera: Ascomycota

Author
item Kurtzman, Cletus
item YURKOV, ANDREY - Leibniz Institute

Submitted to: Fungal Diversity
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/21/2017
Publication Date: 10/14/2017
Citation: Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Hawksworth, D.L., Madrid, H., Kirk, P.M., Braun, U., Singh, R.V., Crous, P.W., Kukwa, M., Lucking, R., Kurtzman, C.P., Yurkov, A. et al. 2017. Notes for genera: Ascomycota. 86(1):1-594. doi: 10.1007/s13225-017-0386-0.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-017-0386-0

Interpretive Summary: This review describes all presently recognized genera of the Saccharomycotina (budding yeasts) and the Taphrinomycotina (fission yeasts and related). This update will appear as part of a world wide effort to provide brief description of currently recognized genera of the ascomycete fungi (Ascomycota) and was prompted by recent molecular comparisons, which have markedly changed the classification of fungi. This review describes 95 genera of the Saccharomycotina and 11 genera of the Taphrinomycotina. Accurate classification of yeasts and other microorganisms is essential for agriculture because of the need to identify pathogens, biocontrol organisms, biotechnological species and species implicated in food spoilage and food safety.

Technical Abstract: This review describes all presently recognized genera of the Saccharomycotina (budding yeasts) and the Taphrinomycotina (fission yeasts and related). This update will appear as part of a world wide effort to provide brief description of currently recognized genera of the ascomycete fungi (Ascomycota) and was prompted by recent molecular comparisons, which have markedly changed the classification of fungi. This review describes 95 genera of the Saccharomycotina and 11 genera of the Taphrinomycotina. Accurate classification of yeasts and other microorganisms is essential for agriculture because of the need to identify pathogens, biocontrol organisms, biotechnological species, and species implicated in food spoilage and food safety.