Multigene phylogenies have been instrumental in revising the classification of ascosporic
(teleomorph) yeasts in a natural system based on lines of descent. Although many …

Detection, identification and classification of yeasts have undergone a major transformation
in the past decade and a half following application of gene sequence analyses and genome …

Relationships among ascomycetous yeast genera (subphylum Saccharomycotina, phylum
Ascomycota) have been uncertain. In the present study, type species of 70 currently …

Poultry production is an important economic activity on inhabited islands of the Galápagos
archipelago. There has been a recent surge in both small-scale backyard chickens and …

Macrorhabdus ornithogaster is an anamorphic Ascomycetes yeast that grows only at the
junction of the proventriculus and ventriculus in birds. 1 It can infect many species of birds. 2 …

Proventricular infection with the anamorphic, ascomycetous yeast Macrorhabdus
ornithogaster and disease associated with infection (macrorhabdiosis) have been widely …

This retrospective study reviews the diseases associated with morbidity and mortality in 221
budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulates) from a captive population from 2013 to 2019. The …

Yeasts are common in all habitats and interact with dead and living substrates such as
plants, animals, and fungi. Besides their saprobic capabilities, parasitic interactions of yeasts …

The phylum Ascomycota has been resolved into three major phylogenetic lineages: the
subphyla Saccharomycotina (eg, Saccharomyces, Pichia, Candida), Taphrinomycotina (eg …

Macrorhabdus ornithogaster (M. ornithogaster) is an anamorphic ascomycetous yeast found
only in the stomach of birds. Infection is often benign but has also been associated with …