Three novel Ascomycota (Saccharomycetes, Saccharomycetales) yeast species derived from the traditional Mexican alcoholic beverage Pulque Author Chai, Chunyue 0000-0003-0284-5560 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China & Research Center of Henan Provincial Agricultural Biomass Resource Engineering and Technology, Nanyang 473061, China Author Lu, Dan School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Liu, Jinli School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Wang, Eentao Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico Author Han, Xuemei Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, Key Laboratory of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology of Hainan Province, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China Author Hui, Fengli 0000-0001-7928-3055 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China & Research Center of Henan Provincial Agricultural Biomass Resource Engineering and Technology, Nanyang 473061, China text MycoKeys 2024 2024-10-09 109 187 206 journal article 304379 10.3897/mycokeys.109.123870 b0d31abf-b13f-426e-ac2b-da57197a8a67 PMC11484639 39421405

Table 2. Physiological characteristics differentiating three novel species from closely related species.

	Fermentation				Assimilation reactions and other characteristics
Species	D-Glucose	D-Galactose	Raffinose	Inulin	D-Glucose	Inulin	L-Sorbose	Soluble starch	Cadaverine	D-Galactose	L-Arabinose	Trehalose	L-Arabinitol	DL-Lactate	Succinate	Ethanol	Methanol	D-Glucosamine	Citrate	Ethylamine	Glucosamine	10 % Nacl / 5 % glucose	Acetic acid 1 %	Growth in vitamin-free edium	Growth at 30 ° C
[a] Data from Foschino et al. (2004); [b, c] Data from Imanishi et al. (2007); [d] Data from Nisiotou and Nychas (2008); [e] Data from Rybářová et al. (1980); [f] Data from Kurtzman et al. (2008). +, Positive; -, negative; w, weakly positive; s, slow positive; d, delayed positive; v, variable.
S. stellata [a]	+	-	+	+	+	w	v	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
S. elongatum sp. nov.	+	-	+	w	+	-	-	w	w	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	w	+	+	+
K. gamospora [b]	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	w	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+
K. zonata [c]	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+
K. hellenica [d]	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	d	+	-	+	-	w	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K. paragamospora sp. nov.	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	w	w	-	-	+	w	-	w	-	w	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
P. ethanolica [e]	s	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	w	w	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+
P. deserticola [f]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+
P. teotihuacanensis sp. nov.	-	-	-	-	-	w	-	w	-	-	-	-	-	w	w	-	w	+	w	-	w	w	+	+	+