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IMA Fungus, volume 12, issue 1, publication number 18

Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes

Yurkov Andrey M. ¹

Alves Artur ²

Bai F. ³

Boundy Mills Kyria ⁴

Buzzini Pietro ⁵

Čadež Neža ⁶

Cardinali Gianluigi ⁷

Casaregola Serge ⁸

Chaturvedi Sudha ⁹

Collin Valérie ¹⁰

Fell Jack W. ¹¹

Girard Victoria ¹⁰

Groenewald Marizeth ¹²

Hagen Ferry ¹²

Hittinger Chris T. ¹³

Kachalkin Aleksey V. ^{14, 15}

Kostrzewa Markus ¹⁶

Kouvelis Vassili N. ¹⁷

Libkind Diego ¹⁸

Liu Xin-Zhan ³

Maier Thomas M ¹⁶

Meyer Wieland ^{19, 20, 21, 22}

Péter Gábor ²³

Piątek Marcin ²⁴

Robert Vincent ¹²

Rosa C. ²⁵

Sampaio José Paulo ^{26, 27}

Sipiczki M. ²⁸

Stadler Marc ²⁹

Sugita Takashi ³⁰

Sugiyama Junta ^{31, 32}

Takagi Hiroshi ³³

Takashima Masako ³⁴

Turchetti Benedetta ⁵

Wang Qi-Ming ^{3, 35}

Boekhout Teun ^{12, 36}

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Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany |

Departamento de Biologia, CESAM - Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal |

State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China |

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Department of Food Science and Technology, Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, University of California, Davis, USA |

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Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy |

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Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy |

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Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, CIRM-Levures, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France |

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Mycology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA |

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BioMérieux, R&D Microbiologie, La Balme les Grottes, France |

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Emeritus Professor, Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Key Biscayne, USA |

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Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands |

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Laboratory of Genetics, Wisconsin Energy Institute, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA |

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All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM), Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms (IBPM RAS), Russian Academy of Sciences, Puschino, Russia |

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Faculty of Soil Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |

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Bruker Daltonik gmbH, Bremen, Germany |

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Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece |

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Centro de Referencia en Levaduras y Tecnología Cervecera (CRELTEC), Instituto Andino Patagónico de Tecnologías Biológicas y Geoambientales (IPATEC) CONICET - Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina |

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Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia |

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Westmead Hospital (Research and Education Network), Westmead, Australia |

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Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Center for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia |

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Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, Australia |

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National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |

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Department of Mycology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland |

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Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil |

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UCIBIO, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal |

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Departamento de Ciências da Vida, PYCC - Portuguese Yeast Culture Collection, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal |

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Department of Genetics and Applied Microbiology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary |

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Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, and German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany |

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Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan |

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Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan |

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TechnoSuruga Laboratory Co., Ltd., Nagasaki, Japan |

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Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan |

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Laboratory of Yeast Systematics, Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan |

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College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding City, People’s Republic of China |

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Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-07-13

International Mycological Association

Journal: IMA Fungus

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Impact factor: 5.4

ISSN: 22106340, 22106359

DOI: 10.1186/s43008-021-00067-x

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PubMed ID: 34256869

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The unambiguous application of fungal names is important to communicate scientific findings. Names are critical for (clinical) diagnostics, legal compliance, and regulatory controls, such as biosafety, food security, quarantine regulations, and industrial applications. Consequently, the stability of the taxonomic system and the traceability of nomenclatural changes is crucial for a broad range of users and taxonomists. The unambiguous application of names is assured by the preservation of nomenclatural history and the physical organisms representing a name. Fungi are extremely diverse in terms of ecology, lifestyle, and methods of study. Predominantly unicellular fungi known as yeasts are usually investigated as living cultures. Methods to characterize yeasts include physiological (growth) tests and experiments to induce a sexual morph; both methods require viable cultures. Thus, the preservation and availability of viable reference cultures are important, and cultures representing reference material are cited in species descriptions. Historical surveys revealed drawbacks and inconsistencies between past practices and modern requirements as stated in the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (ICNafp). Improper typification of yeasts is a common problem, resulting in a large number invalid yeast species names. With this opinion letter, we address the problem that culturable microorganisms, notably some fungi and algae, require specific provisions under the ICNafp. We use yeasts as a prominent example of fungi known from cultures. But viable type material is important not only for yeasts, but also for other cultivable Fungi that are characterized by particular morphological structures (a specific type of spores), growth properties, and secondary metabolites. We summarize potential proposals which, in our opinion, will improve the stability of fungal names, in particular by protecting those names for which the reference material can be traced back to the original isolate.

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Yurkov A. M. et al. Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes // IMA Fungus. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 1. 18

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Yurkov A. M., Alves A., Bai F., Boundy Mills K., Buzzini P., Čadež N., Cardinali G., Casaregola S., Chaturvedi S., Collin V., Fell J. W., Girard V., Groenewald M., Hagen F., Hittinger C. T., Kachalkin A. V., Kostrzewa M., Kouvelis V. N., Libkind D., Liu X., Maier T. M., Meyer W., Péter G., Piątek M., Robert V., Rosa C., Sampaio J. P., Sipiczki M., Stadler M., Sugita T., Sugiyama J., Takagi H., Takashima M., Turchetti B., Wang Q., Boekhout T. Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes // IMA Fungus. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 1. 18

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1186/s43008-021-00067-x

UR - https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs43008-021-00067-x

TI - Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes

T2 - IMA Fungus

AU - Yurkov, Andrey M.

AU - Alves, Artur

AU - Bai, F.

AU - Boundy Mills, Kyria

AU - Buzzini, Pietro

AU - Čadež, Neža

AU - Cardinali, Gianluigi

AU - Casaregola, Serge

AU - Chaturvedi, Sudha

AU - Collin, Valérie

AU - Fell, Jack W.

AU - Girard, Victoria

AU - Groenewald, Marizeth

AU - Hagen, Ferry

AU - Hittinger, Chris T.

AU - Kachalkin, Aleksey V.

AU - Kostrzewa, Markus

AU - Kouvelis, Vassili N.

AU - Libkind, Diego

AU - Maier, Thomas M

AU - Meyer, Wieland

AU - Péter, Gábor

AU - Piątek, Marcin

AU - Robert, Vincent

AU - Rosa, C.

AU - Sampaio, José Paulo

AU - Sipiczki, M.

AU - Stadler, Marc

AU - Sugita, Takashi

AU - Sugiyama, Junta

AU - Takagi, Hiroshi

AU - Takashima, Masako

AU - Turchetti, Benedetta

AU - Wang, Qi-Ming

AU - Boekhout, Teun

AU - Liu, Xin-Zhan

PY - 2021

DA - 2021/07/13 00:00:00

PB - International Mycological Association

IS - 1

VL - 12

PMID - 34256869

SN - 2210-6340

SN - 2210-6359

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@article{2021_Yurkov,

author = {Andrey M. Yurkov and Artur Alves and F. Bai and Kyria Boundy Mills and Pietro Buzzini and Neža Čadež and Gianluigi Cardinali and Serge Casaregola and Sudha Chaturvedi and Valérie Collin and Jack W. Fell and Victoria Girard and Marizeth Groenewald and Ferry Hagen and Chris T. Hittinger and Aleksey V. Kachalkin and Markus Kostrzewa and Vassili N. Kouvelis and Diego Libkind and Thomas M Maier and Wieland Meyer and Gábor Péter and Marcin Piątek and Vincent Robert and C. Rosa and José Paulo Sampaio and M. Sipiczki and Marc Stadler and Takashi Sugita and Junta Sugiyama and Hiroshi Takagi and Masako Takashima and Benedetta Turchetti and Qi-Ming Wang and Teun Boekhout and Xin-Zhan Liu},

title = {Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes},

journal = {IMA Fungus},

year = {2021},

volume = {12},

publisher = {International Mycological Association},

month = {jul},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs43008-021-00067-x},

number = {1},

doi = {10.1186/s43008-021-00067-x}

}

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