Nakazawaea is a genus of yeast in the order Saccharomycetales. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is not fully unknown (incertae sedis).[2]

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Nakazawaea

Y.Yamada, K.Maeda & Mikata (1994)[1]
Type species
Nakazawaea holstii
(Wick.) Y.Yamada, K.Maeda & Mikata (1994)

In 2022, DNA analysis of Saccharomycotina yeasts noted that Peterozyma toletana, Peterozyma tannophilus and Nakazawaea holstii are in a monophyletic sister clade to the Pichiaceae family.[3]

Originally, a monotypic genus containing the single species Nakazawaea holstii but Nakazawaea siamensis was added in 2011.[4] With further others added later.[5]

The genus name of Nakazawaea is in honour of Dr. Ryoji Nakazawa, who was a Japanese microbiologist and Director of the Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, Japan, in recognition of his contributions to yeast taxonomy.[6]

The genus was circumscribed by Yuzo Yamada, Kojiro Maeda and Kozaburo Mikata in Biosc., Biotechn. Biochem. vol.58 (Issue 7) on page 1256 in 1994.[1]

Species

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As accepted by GBIF;[5]

Uses

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Nakazawaea molendini-olei is found in the yeast of Black olive pomace (remains), and is used to make oleuropein.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Yamada Y, Maeda K, Mikata K (1994). "The phylogenetic relationships of the hat-shaped ascospore-forming, nitrate-assimilating Pichia species, formerly classified in the genus Hansenula Sydow et Sydow, based on the partial sequences of 18S and 26S ribosomal RNAs (Saccharomycetaceae): the proposals of three new genera, Ogataea, Kuraishia, and Nakazawaea". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 58 (7): 1245–57. doi:10.1271/bbb.58.1245. PMID 7765249.
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  3. ^ Christinaki, Anastasia C.; Kanellopoulos, Spyros G.; Kortsinoglou, Alexandra M.; Andrikopoulos, Marios Α.; Theelen, Bart; Boekhout, Teun; Kouvelis, Vassili N. (May 2022). "Mitogenomics and mitochondrial gene phylogeny decipher the evolution of Saccharomycotina yeasts". Genome Biology and Evolution. 14 (5).
  4. ^ Kaewwichian R, Yongmanitchai W, Kawasaki H, Limtong S (2011). "Nakazawaea siamensis f.a. sp. nov. a novel yeast species isolated from phylloplane in Thailand". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (1): 266–70. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.057521-0. PMID 24052626.
  5. ^ a b "Nakazawaea Y.Yamada, K.Maeda & Mikata". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  7. ^ Ghomari, Oumaima; Merzouki, Mohammed; Benlemlih, Mohammed (September 2020). "Optimization of bioconversion of oleuropein, of olive leaf extract, to hydroxytyrosol by Nakazawaea molendini-olei using HPLC-UV and a method of experimental design". Journal of Microbiological Methods. 176.
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