Starmerella is a
genus of
fungi within the
Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this
taxon to other taxa within the
order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any
family.[2] Although, the
GBIF list the family as
Phaffomycetaceae.[3]
Several members of the Starmerella clade are associated with flowers and flower-visiting insects like bees and bumblebees; these yeasts cope well with high sugar niches. Many strains (species) of the Starmerella clade, including Starmerella bombicola and Candida apicola are known to produce
sophorolipids which are carbohydrate-based, amphiphilic biosurfactants.[4][5]
The genus was
circumscribed by Carlos Augusto Rosa and Marc-André Lachance in Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. vol.48 (4) on page 1413 in 1998.
Starmerella is a
genus of
fungi within the
Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this
taxon to other taxa within the
order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any
family.[2] Although, the
GBIF list the family as
Phaffomycetaceae.[3]
Several members of the Starmerella clade are associated with flowers and flower-visiting insects like bees and bumblebees; these yeasts cope well with high sugar niches. Many strains (species) of the Starmerella clade, including Starmerella bombicola and Candida apicola are known to produce
sophorolipids which are carbohydrate-based, amphiphilic biosurfactants.[4][5]
The genus was
circumscribed by Carlos Augusto Rosa and Marc-André Lachance in Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. vol.48 (4) on page 1413 in 1998.