Phylum：Ascomycota　>>　Class： Saccharomycetes　>>　 Order： Saccharomycetales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Zygowilliopsis californica
 
   
   
　Author：

Zygowilliopsis californica (Lodder) von Arx Studies in Mycology 14: 1–42, 1977.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth: After 3 days at 25 °C, no pellicles formed but the butyrous sediment could be found. Cells reproduced by mulltilateral budding and cells were spheroidal to ellipsoidal (3.1-6.1 × 2.3-4.4 μm). The cells occurred singly, in pairs or short chain. Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar: After 3 days at 25 °C, the colonies were cream, smooth, dull, with a butyrous texture, entire margin, and convex eleviation. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: After 7 days at 25 °C, pseudomycelium and mycelium are absent. Formation of ascospores: Sporulation was observed on Fowell acetate agar after 7 days at 18℃, conjugation occurs between cells and their buds or between individual cells. Asci are evanescent, and the ascospore agglutinated after they were released. Each ascus contained one to three saturn-shaped ascospores.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

FN21S02, Wufeng, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 2005; SA4S12, Sanyi, Miaoli, Taiwan, Apr. 2006; SA8S04, Sanyi, Miaoli, Taiwan, Apr. 2006; SA17S04, Emei, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Apr. 2006; SU1S01, Renai, Nantou, Taiwan, July, 2006.
 
 
 
　Habitat： Soil, recta of human being, active sludge, leaf-mould, dung of bear, tree exudates.
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Taiwan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, India, New Zealand, U.S.A, Japan, Sweden, France.
 
 
 
　References：

Lee, CF et al. 2008.
   
   
   
　Provided：

C. F. Lee
 
 
　Note： This species is placed in biological safety level 1.