Saitoella

Saitoella is a genus of two species of yeast in the family Protomycetaceae. The type species, Saitoella complicata, originally isolated from Himalayan soil,[1] had its genome sequenced.[2] The genus is named after professor Kendo Saito for his contributions to the taxonomy of the genus Rhodotorula.[1] A second species, Saitoella coloradoensis, isolated from insect frass found on Engelmann spruce in Colorado, was described as new in 2012.[3]

Saitoella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Taphrinomycetes
Order:	Taphrinales
Family:	Protomycetaceae
Genus:	Saitoella Goto, Sugiy., Hamam. & Komag. (1987)
Type species
Saitoella complicata Goto, Sugiy., Hamam. & Komag. (1987)
Species
Saitoella complicata Saitoella coloradoensis

References

1. Goto S; Sugiyama J; Hamamoto M; Komagata K. "Saitoella, a new anamorph genus in the Cryptococcaceae to accommodate two Himalayan yeast isolates formerly identified as Rhodotorula glutinis". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 33 (1): 75–85. doi:10.2323/jgam.33.75.
2. Nishida H; Hamamoto M; Sugiyama J. (2011). "Draft genome sequencing of the enigmatic yeast Saitoella complicata". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 57 (4): 243–6. doi:10.2323/jgam.57.243. PMID 21914972.
3. Kurtzman CP; Robnett CJ. (2012). "Saitoella coloradoensis sp. nov., a new species of the Ascomycota, subphylum Taphrinomycotina" (PDF). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 101 (4): 795–802. doi:10.1007/s10482-011-9694-7. PMID 22246589.