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metschnikowiaceous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the family Metschnikowiaceae of yeasts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare, relational

Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 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.

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History

Etymology

From Metschnikowiaceae + -ous.