Reviving Elie Metschnikoff's Monospora: the obligately parasitic yeast Australozyma monospora sp. nov.

ABSTRACT: A vast literature explores a model system that consists of a prey crustacean, the water flea Daphnia spp., and an obligately pathogenic yeast that has been referred to as Metschnikowia bicuspidata and thought to represent the material used by Metschnikoff in his study of innate immunity. Typification of species bearing that name and indeed the whole genus has been problematic as regards yeasts that only grow or form aciculate ascospores in hospite. The neotype of M. bicuspidata, unlike the Daphnia parasite, is easily cultured on a variety of laboratory media, although it too can cause serious infections in a variety of mostly aquatic animals. It has become evident that the Daphnia parasite studied by Metschnikoff or current workers is not closely related to M. bicuspidata as currently unde

SUBMITTER: Lachance MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12359140 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature