• DOI:10.3109/13693786.2012.733429
• Corpus ID: 33995229

An atypical, pigment-producing Metschnikowia strain from a leukaemia patient.

@article{Savini2013AnAP,
  title={An atypical, pigment-producing Metschnikowia strain from a leukaemia patient.},
  author={Vincenzo Savini and Marijke Hendrickx and Maurizio Sisti and Gioviana Masciarelli and Marco Favaro and Carla Fontana and Lucia Pitzurra and Daniela Arzeni and Daniela Astolfi and Chiara Catavitello and Ennio Polilli and Claudio Farina and Paolo Fazii and Domenico D’Antonio and Dirk Stubbe},
  journal={Medical mycology},
  year={2013},
  volume={51 4},
  pages={
          438-43
        }
}

• V. Savini, M. Hendrickx, +12 authors D. Stubbe
• Published 1 May 2013
• Biology, Medicine
• Medical mycology

A yeast strain was isolated from the sputum sample of a leukaemia patient in the Spirito Santo Hospital of Pescara, Italy. The fungus produced a pigment that formed a reddish halo around colonies, and was identified and deposited as a Metschnikowia spp. (accession number IHEM 25107-GenBank accession number JQ921016) in the BCCM/IHEM collection of biomedical fungi and yeasts (Bruxelles, Belgium). Although the physiology of the strain was close to that of Metschnikowia sinensis, the D1/D2 sequence did not correspond to any previously described Metschnikowia species. Phylogeny of the genus Metschnikowia is complex and requires far more analysis. We present the first non-M. pulcherrima Metschnikowia spp. isolate recovered from a human, and emphasize the role of man as a transient carrier of environmental yeasts, the pathogenicity of which still needs to be defined.