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Conotelus mexicanus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). This Neotropical species was introduced to Hawaii along with Candida ipomoeae, a Neotropical endemic yeast species (white growth).[photo: André Lachance] Dr. Marc-André Lachance
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Editor and publisher: Yeast, a Newsletter for persons interested in yeast. Official publication of the International Commission on Yeasts of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). ISSN 0513-5222. Since 1988.
Associate Editor: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Clavispora
Lachance MA, HJ Phaff, WT Starmer, A Moffitt and LG Olson 1986 Interspecific discontinuity in the genus Clavispora Rodriguez de Miranda by phenetic analysis, genomic deoxyribonucleic acid reassociation, and restriction mapping of ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 36:524-530.
Lachance MA 1990 Ribosomal DNA variation in the cactophilic yeast Clavispora opuntiae. Mol. Biol. Evol. 7:178-193.
Lachance MA, P Nair and P Lo 1994 Mating in the heterothallic haploid yeast Clavispora opuntiae, with special reference to mating type imbalances in local populations. Yeast 10:895-906.
Lachance MA and HJ Phaff 1998 The genus Clavispora. In: C.P. Kurtzman and J.W. Fell, eds. The Yeasts, a Taxonomy Study, 4th Edition. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 152-156.
Lachance MA, Starmer WT, Bowles JM, Phaff HJ and Rosa CA 2000 Ribosomal DNA, species structure, and biogeography of the cactophilic yeast Clavispora opuntiae. Can. J. Microbiol. 46:195-210.
Lachance MA, HM Daniel, W Meyer, GS Prasad, SP Gautam and K Boundy-Mills 2003 The D1/D2 domain of the large subunit rDNA of the yeast species Clavispora lusitaniae is unusually polymorphic. FEMS Yeast Research 4:253-258.
Metschnikowia clade
Lachance MA, MG Miranda, MW Miller, and HJ Phaff 1976 Dehiscence and active spore release in pathogenic strains of Metschnikowia bicuspidata var. australis: possible predatory implications. Can. J. Microbiol. 22:1756-1761.
Lachance MA, WT Starmer and HJ Phaff 1990 Metschnikowia hawaiiensis sp. nov., a heterothallic haploid yeast from hawaiian morning glory and associated drosophilids. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 40:415-420.
Lachance MA 1993 Metschnikowia agaveae a haploid, heterothallic yeast species from blue agave. Can. J. Microbiol. 39:562-566.
Lachance MA, Rosa CA, WT Starmer, B Schlag-Edler, JSF Barker and JM Bowles 1998 Metschnikowia continentalis var. continentalis, Metschnikowia continentalis var. borealis, and Metschnikowia hibisci, new heterothallic haploid yeasts from ephemeral flowers and associated insects. Can. J. Microbiol. 44:279-288.
Lachance MA, CA Rosa, WT Starmer and JM Bowles 1998 Candida ipomoeae, a new yeast species related to large-spored Metschnikowia species. Can. J. Microbiol. 44:718-722.
Lachance MA, JM Bowles, S Kwon, G Marinoni, WT Starmer, and DH Janzen 2001 Metschnikowia lochheadii and Metschnikowia drosophilae, two new yeast species isolated from insects associated with flowers. Can. J. Microbiol. 47:103-109.
Lachance MA and JM Bowles 2002 Metschnikowia arizonensis and Metschnikowia dekortorum, two new large-spored yeast species associated with floricolous beetles. FEMS Yeast Research 2:81-86.
Marinoni G, J Piskur and MA Lachance 2003 Ascospores of large-spored Metschnikowia species are genuine meiotic products of these yeasts. FEMS Yeast Res. 3:85-90.
Lachance MA, JM Bowles and WT Starmer 2003 Metschnikowia santaceciliae, Candida hawaiiana, and Candida kipukae, three new yeast species associated with insects of tropical morning glory. FEMS Yeast Res. 3:97-103.
Hong SG, Bae KS, Herzberg M, Titze A and Lachance MA 2003 Candida kunwiensis sp. nov., a yeast associated with flowers and bumblebees. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53:367-372.
Marinoni G and MA Lachance 2004 Speciation in the large-spored Metschnikowia clade and establishment of a new species, Metschnikowia borealis comb. nov. FEMS Yeast Res. 4, 587-596 .
Lachance MA and Bowles JM 2004 Metschnikowia similis sp. nov. and Metschnikowia colocasiae sp. nov., two ascomycetous yeasts isolated from Conotelus spp. (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Costa Rica. Studies in Mycology 50:69-76.
Lachance MA, CP Ewing, JM Bowles & WT Starmer. 2005.Metschnikowia hamakuensis sp. nov., Metschnikowia kamakouana sp. nov., and Metschnikowia mauinuiana sp. nov., three endemic yeasts from Hawaiian nitidulid beetles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55:1369-1377.
Ruivo CCC, Lachance MA, Rosa CA, Bacci M & Pagnocca FC. 2005. Candida bromeliacearum sp. nov. and Candida ubatubensis sp. nov. two yeasts species isolated from the water tank of Canistropsis seidelii (Bromeliaceae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55:2213-2217.
Lachance MA, Anderson TM & Starmer WT 2006 A new subclade of haplontic Metschnikowia species associated with insects of morning glory flowers in Africa and description of the yeast Metschnikowia aberdeeniae sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:1141-1145.
Lachance MA, Bowles JM, Wiens F, Dobson J, and Ewing CP 2006Metschnikowia orientalis sp. nov., an Australasian yeast from nitidulid beetles . Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:2489-2493.
Ruivo CCC, Lachance MA, Rosa CA, Bacci M & Pagnocca FC 2006Candida heliconiae sp. nov., Candida picinguabensis sp. nov. and Candida sanpauloensis sp. nov., three ascomycetous yeasts from Heliconia velloziana (Heliconiaceae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:1147-1151.
Rosa CA, Lachance MA, Teixeira LCRS, Pimenta RS & Morais PB 2007 Metschnikowia cerradonensis sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from ephemeral flowers and their nitidulid beetles in Brazil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:161-165.
Manson JS, Lachance MA, Thomson JD 2007Candida gelsemii sp. nov., a yeast of the Metschnikowiaceae clade isolated from nectar of the poisonous Carolina jessamine. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 92:37-42.
Rosa CA, Pagnocca FC, Lachance MA, Ruivo CCC, Medeiros AO, Pimentel MRC, Fontenelle JCR, Martins RP 2007 Candida flosculorum and Candida floris, two novel yeast species associated with tropical flowers Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:2970-2974.
Lachance MA, Bowles JM, Anderson TM & Starmer WT 2008 Metschnikowia shivogae sp. nov., a yeast species associated with insects of morning glory flowers in East Africa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:2241-2244.
Fidalgo-Jiménez A, Daniel HM, Evrard P, Decock C & Lachance MA 2008 Metschnikowia cubensis sp. nov., a new yeast species isolated from flowers in Cuba. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (Accepted March 2008).
Lachance MA, Lawrie D, Dobson J, Piggott J 2008 Biogeography and population structure of the Neotropical endemic yeast species Metschnikowia lochheadii. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 94:403-414.
Wardlaw AM, Berkers TE, Man KC, Lachance MA 2009 Population structure of two beetle-associated yeasts: comparison of a New World asexual and an endemic Nearctic sexual species in the Metschnikowia clade. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 96:1-15.
Jindamorakot S, Limtong S, Nakase T, Rosa CA, Pagnocca FC, Lachance MA In press Candida golubevii sp. nov, an asexual yeast related to Metschnikowia lunata. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (accepted May 2009).
Kluyveromyces
Lachance MA and HJ Phaff 1979 A comparative study of molecular size and structure of exo-ß-glucanases from Kluyveromyces and other yeast genera: evolutionary and taxonomic implications. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 29:70-78.
Sidenberg DG and MA Lachance 1986 Electrophoretic isoenzyme variation in Kluyveromyces populations and revision of Kluyveromyces marxianus (Hansen) van der Walt. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 51:94-102.
Lachance MA 1988 Restriction mapping of rDNA and the taxonomy of Kluyveromyces van der Walt emend. van der Walt. Yeast 5 (Special issue):S379-S383.
Lachance MA 1998 The genus Kluyveromyces. In: C.P. Kurtzman and J.W. Fell, eds. The Yeasts, a Taxonomy Study, 4th Edition. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 230-250.
Kurtzman CP, Lachance MA, Nguyen HV, and Prillinger H 2001 Proposal to conserve the name Kluyveromyces with a conserved type (Ascomycota: Hemiascomycetes, Saccharomycetaceae). Taxon 50:907-908.
Lachance MA 2007 Current Status of Kluyveromyces Systematics. FEMS Yeast Res 7:642–645.
Kodamaea clade
Rosa CA, MA Lachance, WT Starmer, JSF Barker, JM Bowles and B Schlag-Edler 1999 Kodamaea nitidulidarum, Candida restingae, and Kodamaea anthophila, three new related yeast species from ephemeral flowers. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 49:309-318.
Lachance MA, JM Bowles, WT Starmer and JSF Barker 1999 Kodamaea kakaduensis and Candida tolerans, two new yeast species from Australian Hibiscus flowers. Can. J. Microbiol. 45:172-177.
Ruivo CCC, MA Lachance, M Bacci Jr, SC Carreiro, CA Rosa and FC Pagnocca 2004 Candida leandrae sp. nov., an asexual ascomycetous yeast species isolated from tropical plants. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol 54:2405-2408.
Kurtzmaniella
Lachance MA, JM Bowles, MM Chavarria Diaz and DH Janzen 2001 Candida cleridarum, Candida tilneyi, and Candida powellii, three new yeast species isolated from insects associated with flowers. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51:1201-1207.
Lachance MA & Starmer WT 2008 The yeast genus Kurtzmaniella gen. nov. and description of the heterothallic, haplontic species Kurtzmaniella cleridarum sp. nov., the teleomorph of Candida cleridarum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:520-524.
Spathaspora clade
Barbosa AC, Cadete RM, Gomes FCO, Lachance MA, Rosa CA In press Candida materiae sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from rotting wood in the Atlantic Rain Forest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:2104-2106.
Cadete R,Santos R, Melo M, Mouro A, Gonçalves D, Stambuk B, Gomes F, Lachance MA, Rosa CA In press Spathaspora arborariae sp. nov., a D-xylose-fermenting yeast species isolated from rotting wood in Brazil. FEMS Yeast Res 9:1338-1342.
Sporopachydermia
Lachance MA 1982 Sporopachydermia quercuum, a new yeast species from exudates of Quercus rubra. Can. J. Microbiol. 28:567-571.
Lachance MA and HJ Phaff 1998 The genus Sporopachydermia. In: C.P. Kurtzman and J.W. Fell, eds. The Yeasts, a Taxonomy Study, 4th Edition. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 398-402.
Lachance MA, Kaden JE, Phaff HJ, and Starmer WT 2001 Phylogenetic structure of the Sporopachydermia cereana species complex. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51:237-247.
Starmerella clade
Rosa CA and MA Lachance 1998 The yeast genus Starmerella gen. nov. and Starmerella bombicola sp. nov., the teleomorph of Candida bombicola (Spencer, Gorin & Tullock) Meyer & Yarrow. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48:1413-1417.
Lachance MA, JM Bowles, MM Chavarria Diaz and DH Janzen 2001 Candida cleridarum, Candida tilneyi, and Candida powellii, three new yeast species isolated from insects associated with flowers. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51:1201-1207.
Teixeira ACP, MM Marini, JR Nicoli, Y Antonini, RP Martins, MA Lachance and CA Rosa 2003 Starmerella meliponinorum , a novel ascomycetous yeast species associated with stingless bees. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53:339-343.
R osa CA, Lachance MA, Pimentel M, Antonini Y, and Martins R. 2005.Candida riodocensis and Candida cellae, two new yeast species from the Starmerella clade associated with solitary bees in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil. FEMS Yeast Res 5:875-879.
Rosa CA, Pagnocca FC, Lachance MA, Ruivo CCC, Medeiros AO, Pimentel MRC, Fontenelle JCR, Martins RP 2007 Candida flosculorum and Candida floris, two novel yeast species associated with tropical flowers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:2970-2974.
Wickerhamiella clade
Lachance MA, CA Rosa, WT Starmer, B Schlag-Edler, JSF Barker and J.M. Bowles 1998 Wickerhamiella australiensis, Wickerhamiella cacticola, Wickerhamiella occidentalis, Candidadrosophilae, and Candida lipophila, five new related yeast species from flowers and associated insects. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48:1431-1443.
Lachance MA JM Bowles, C Mueller and WT Starmer 2000 On the biogeography of yeasts in the Wickerhamiella clade and description of Wickerhamiella lipophila sp. nov., the teleomorph of Candida lipophila. Can. J. Microbiol. 46:1145‑1148.
Herzberg M and MA Lachance 2004 Candida bombiphila sp. nov., a new asexual yeast species in the Wickerhamiella clade. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54:1857-1859.
Trindade RC, MA Resende, MA Lachance and CA Rosa 2004 Candida sergipensis, a new asexual yeast species isolated from frozen pulps of tropical fruits. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 86:27-32.
Rosa CA, Morais PB, Lachance MA, Pimenta RS, Santos RO, Trindade RC, Figueroa DL, Resende MA & Bragança MAL 2006 Candida azymoides sp. n., a yeast species from tropical fruits and larva (Ascomycota) of Anastrepha mucronota (Diptera: Tephritidae). Lundiana 7:83-86.
Taxonomy - miscellaneous
Lachance MA 1981 Genetic relatedness of heterocystous cyanobacteria by DNA-DNA reassociation. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 31:139-147.
Lachance MA, WT Starmer and HJ Phaff 1988 Identification of yeasts found in decaying cactus tissue. Can. J. Microbiol. 34:1025-1036.
Lachance, MA 1990 Yeast taxonomy in relation to identification by molecular methods. Comptes rendus de la 2è rencontre Lalvin, Bordeaux, France.
Shen R, and MA Lachance 1993 Phylogenetic study of ribosomal DNA of cactophilic Pichia species by restriction mapping. Yeast 9:315-330.
Starmer WT, HJ Phaff, PF Ganter and MA Lachance 2001 Candida orba sp. nov., a new cactus-specific yeast species from Queensland, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51:699-705.
Duarte ER, MA Lachance and JS Hamdan 2002 Identification of atypical strains of Malassezia spp. from cattle and dog. Can. J. Microbiol. 48: 749–752.
Thanh VN, DA Haia, MA Lachance 2003 Issatchenkia hanoiensis, a new yeast species isolated from frass of the litchi fruit borer Conopomorpha cramerella Snellen. FEMS Yeast Research 4:113-117.
Hirai A, R Kano, K Makimura, ER Duarte, JS Hamdan, MA Lachance, H Yamaguchi and A Hasegawa 2004 Malassezia nana sp. nov., a novel lipid-dependent yeast species isolated from animals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54:623-627.
Carreiro SC, FC Pagnocca, M Bacci Jr, MA Lachance, OC Bueno, MJA Hebling, CCC Ruivo and CA Rosa 2004 Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., a novel yeast species associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54:1891-1894.
Morais PB, LCRS. Teixeira, JM Bowles, MA Lachance and CA Rosa 2004 Ogataea falcaomoraisii sp. nov., a sporogenous methylotrophic yeast from tree exudates. FEMS Yeast Res 5:81-85.
Pocock T, MA Lachance, T Pröschold, JC Priscu, SS Kim and NPA Huner 2004 Identification of a psychrophilic green alga from Lake Bonney Antarctica: Chlamydomonas raudensis Ettl. (UWO 241) Chlorophyceae. J Phycol 40:1138-1148.
Pimenta RS, PDD Alves, A Corrêa Jr, MA Lachance, GS Prasad, R Rajaram, BRRP Sinha and CA Rosa 2005 Geotrichum silvicola, a novel asexual arthroconidial yeast species related to genus Galactomyces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 497-501.
Morais PB, MA Lachance and CA Rosa 2005 Saturnispora hagleri sp. nov. a yeast species isolated from Drosophila flies in Atlantic Rain Forest in Brazil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55:1725-1727.
Ruivo CCC, Lachance MA, Rosa CA, Bacci M & Pagnocca FC 2005 Candida bromeliacearum sp. nov. and Candida ubatubensis sp. nov. two yeasts species isolated from the water tank of Canistropsis seidelii (Bromeliaceae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55:2213-2217.
Rosa CA & Lachance MA 2005 Zygosaccharomyces machadoi sp. n., a yeast species isolated from a nest of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula. Lundiana - Int J Biodivers 6:27-29.
Thanh VN, Hai DA & Lachance MA 2006 Cryptococcus bestiolae and Cryptococcus dejecticola, two new yeast species isolated from frass of the litchi fruit borer Conopomorpha sinensis Bradley. FEMS Yeast Res 6:298-304.
Ruivo CCC, Lachance MA, Rosa CA, Bacci M & Pagnocca FC 2006 Candida heliconiae sp. nov., Candida picinguabensis sp. nov. and Candida sanpauloensis sp. nov., three ascomycetous yeasts from Heliconia velloziana (Heliconiaceae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:1147-1151.
Capelari M, Rosa LH, Lachance MA 2006 Description and affinities of Agaricus martineziensis, a rare species. Fungal Diversity Vol 11-18.
Inácio J, Landell M, Valente P, Wang PH, Manson J, Lachance MA & Fonseca A 2008 Farysizyma gen. nov., an anamorphic genus in the Ustilaginales to accommodate three novel epiphytic basidiomycetous yeast species from America, Europe and Asia. FEMS Yeast Res 8:499-508.
Rosa CA, Morais PB, Lachance MA, Santos RO, Melo WGP, Viana RHO, Bragança MAL, Pimenta RS In press Wickerhamomyces queroliae sp. nov. and Candida jalapaonensis sp. nov., two yeast species isolated from Cerrado ecosystem in North Brazil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:1232-1236.
Rosa CA, Jindamorakot S, Limtong S, Nakase T, Lachance MA, Fidalgo-Jiménez A, Daniel HM, Pagnocca FC, Inácio J, Morais PB 2008 Synonymy of the yeast genera Moniliella and Trichosporonoides and proposal of Moniliella fonsecae sp. nov. and five new species combinations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (Accepted May 2008).
Lachance MA, Dobson J, Wijayanayaka DN, Smith AME In press The use of parsimony network analysis for the formal delineation of phylogenetic species of yeasts: Candida apicola, Candida azyma, and Candida parazyma sp. nov., cosmopolitan yeasts associated with floricolous insects. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (accepted pending revisions, November 2009).
Ecology, systematics, and evolution of plant-yeast-insect interactions
Lachance MA 1980. Yeasts associated with the black knot disease of trees. In: Current Developments in Yeast Research. Edited by G.G. Stewart and I. Russell. Pergamon, Toronto.
Lachance MA and WT Starmer 1982 Evolutionary significance of physiological relatedness among yeast communities associated with tree exudates. Can J. Bot. 60:285-293.
Lachance MA, BJ Metcalf and WT Starmer 1982 Yeasts from exudates of Quercus, Ulmus, Populus, and Pseudotsuga: new isolations and elucidation of some factors affecting ecological specificity. Microb. Ecol. 8:191-198.
Bowles JM and MA Lachance 1983 Patterns of variation in the yeast florae of exudates in an oak community. Can. J. Bot. 61:2984-2995.
Lachance MA and WT Starmer 1986 The community concept and the problem of non-trivial characterization of yeast communities. Coenoses 1:21-28.
Starmer WT, MA Lachance and HJ Phaff 1987 A comparison of yeast communities found in necrotic tissue of cladodes and fruits of Opuntia stricta on islands in the Caribbean Sea and where introduced into Australia. Microb. Ecol. 14:179-192.
Starmer WT, PF Ganter, V Aberdeen, MA Lachance and HJ Phaff 1987 The ecological role of killer yeasts in natural communities of yeasts. Can. J. Microbiol. 33:783-796.
Starmer, W.T., V. Aberdeen, and M.A. Lachance. 1988. The yeast community associated with decaying Opuntia stricta (Haworth) in Florida with regard to Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg). Florida Sci. 51:7-11.
Starmer, W.T., H.J. Phaff, J.M. Bowles, and M.A. Lachance. 1988. Yeasts vectored by insects feeding on decaying saguaro cactus. Southwestern Naturalist 33:362-363.
Lachance, M.A., W.T. Starmer, and J.M. Bowles. 1988. The yeast community of morning glory and associated drosophilids in a Hawaiian kipuka. Yeast 5 (Special issue):S501-S504.
Starmer, W.T., M.A. Lachance, H.J. Phaff, and W. B. Heed. 1990. The biogeography of yeasts associated with cactus tissue in North America, the Caribbean and northern Venezuela. Evol. Biol. 24:253-296.
Eisikowitch, D., M.A. Lachance, P.G. Kevan, S. Willis, and D.L. Collins-Thompson. 1990. The role of the natural assemblage of microorganisms and selected strains of the yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii in controlling the germination of pollen of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Can. J. Bot. 68:1163-1165.
Starmer, W.T., J.C. Fogleman and MA Lachance. 1991 The yeast community of cacti. In: Andrews, J.H. and S.S. Hirano, eds., Microbial Ecology of Leaves. pp. 158‑178. Springer Verlag, New York, New York.
Lachance, M.A., D.G. Gilbert, and W.T. Starmer. 1995. Yeasts associated with Drosophila species and related flies in an eastern oak-pine forest: a comparison with western communities. J. Ind. Microbiol. 14:484-494.
Lachance, MA 1997. Ecology and evolution of yeasts in tropical cactus forests. In: Progress in Microbial Ecology. Martins, M.T. et al. (eds.), São Paulo, SBM/ICOME. pp. 181-187.
Buck, J.W., M.A. Lachance, and J.A. Traquair. 1998. Mycoflora of peach bark: population dynamics and composition. Can. J. Bot. 76:345-364
Lachance, M.A. and W.T. Starmer. 1998. Ecology and Yeasts. In: C.P. Kurtzman and J.W. Fell, eds. The Yeasts, a Taxonomy Study, 4th Edition. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 21-30.
Lachance, M.A. W.T. Starmer, C.A. Rosa, J.M. Bowles, J.S.F. Barker, and D.H. Janzen. 2001. Biogeography of the yeasts of ephemeral flowers and their insects. FEMS Yeast Research 1:1-8.
Lachance, M.A., J.A. Klemens, J.M. Bowles, and D.H. Janzen. 2001. The yeast community of sap fluxes of Costa Rican Maclura (Chlorophora) tinctoria and description of two new yeast species, Candida galis and Candida ortonii. FEMS Yeast Research 1:87-92.
Starmer, W.T., R. Schmedicke, and M.A. Lachance. 2003. The origin of the cactus-yeast community. FEMS Yeast Research 3:441-448.
Lachance, M.A. J.M. Bowles, and W.T. Starmer. 2003. Geography and niche occupancy as determinants of yeast biodiversity: the yeast-insect-morning glory ecosystem of Kīpuka Puaulu, Hawai’i. FEMS Yeast Research 4:104-111.
Payne, C.M., Laverty, T.M., and Lachance, M.A. 2003. The frequency of multiple paternity in bumblebee ( Bombus) colonies based on microsatellite DNA at the B10 locus. Insectes Sociaux 50:375-378.
Rosa, C.A., Lachance, M.A. Silva, J. Teixeira, A., Marini, M.M., Antonini, and Y. Martins, R.P. 2003. Yeast communities associated with stingless bees. FEMS Yeast Research 4:271-275.
Lachance, MA 2003. The Phaff School of Yeast Ecology. Internat. Microbiol. 6: 163-167.
Anderson TM, MA Lachance and WT Starmer 2004 The relationship of phylogeny to community structure: the cactus-yeast community. Amer. Naturalist 164:709-721.
Lachance MA 2006 Yeast biodiversity: how many and how much? pp. 1-10. In: Rosa CA and Péter G (Eds.) Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts, Series: The Yeast Handbook 580 pp.
Starmer WT, Aberdeen V and Lachance MA 2006. The biogeographic diversity of cactophilic yeasts. 485-500. pp. 1-10. In: Rosa CA and Péter G (Eds.) Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts, Series: The Yeast Handbook 580 pp.
Suh SO, Blackwell M, Kurtzman CP and Lachance MA 2006 Phylogenetics of Saccharomycetales, the ascomycete yeasts. Mycologia, 98:1006–1017.
Thorn RG, Scott J, Lachance MA 2007 Methods for studying terrestrial fungal ecology and diversity, p. 929-951. In Reddy CA, Beveridge TJ, Breznak JA, Marzluf GA, Schmidt TM, Snyder LR (editors), Methods for General and Molecular Microbiology, 3rd ed. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Wiens F, Zitzmann A, Lachance MA, Yegles M, Pragst F, Wurst FM, von Holst D, Guan SL, Spanagel R 2008 Chronic intake of fermented floral nectar by wild treeshrews. Proc Nat Acad Sci 105:10426-10431.
Growth and life cycles
Butler MJ and MA Lachance 1987 Inhibition of melanin synthesis in the black yeast Phaeococcomyces sp. by growth on low pH ascorbate medium: production of spheroplasts from "albinized" cells. Can. J. Microbiol. 33:184-184.
Forrest SI, CF Robinow and MA Lachance 1987 Nuclear behaviour accompanying ascus formation in Debaryomyces polymorphus. Can. J. Microbiol. 33:966-970.
Lachance MA and WM Pang 1997 Predacious Yeasts. Yeast 13:225-232.
Lachance MA, Pupovac-Velikonja, A, Natarajan S., and Schlag-Edler B 2000 Nutrition and Phylogeny of Predacious Yeasts. Can. J. Microbiol. 46:495-505.
Fermentations, biotechnology
Holloway P, R Subden and MA Lachance 1990 The yeasts in a Riesling must from the Niagara grape-growing region of Ontario. Can J. Food Sci. Technol. 23:212-216.
Lachance MA 1995 Yeast comunities in a natural tequila fermentation. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 68:151-160.
Dias JCT, Rezende RP, Rosa CA, Lachance MA and Linardi VR 2000 Enzymatic degradation of nitriles by a C. guilliermondii UFMG-Y65. Can. J. Microbiol. 46:525-531.
Lacerda ICA, Miranda RL, Borelli BM, Nunes AC, Drummond RMN, Lachance MA & Rosa CA. 2005. Lactic acid bacteria and yeasts associated with spontaneous fermentations during the production of sour cassava starch in Brazil. Int J Food Microbiol 105:213-219.
Theses supervised
Sidenberg DG 1985 Isoenzyme electrophoresis studies of Kluyveromyces. Ph.D.
Butler MJ 1987 Melanin production by the black yeast Phaeococcomyces. Ph.D.
Bogle GT 1989 The isolation and characterization of an extrachromosomal element in the yeast Candida oleophila. M.Sc.
Shen R 1991 Restriction mapping of rDNA and the evolution of cactophilic Pichia species. M.Sc.
Nair P 1993 Nutrient limitation and the mating process in Clavispora opuntiae. M.Sc.
Zhan M 1994 Ribosomal DNA Sequence Phylogeny of Kluyveromyces. Ph.D.
Kaden J 1994 Molecular taxonomy of the Sporopachydermia cereana complex. Ph.D.
Pupovac-Velikonja A 1999 Studies on yeast predation. M.Sc.
Payne C 2001 Using microsatellite DNA to examine the frequency of multiple paternity in bumble bee ( Bombus) colonies. M.Sc. (co-supervised with T.M. Laverty).
Marinoni G 2003 Mating in heterothallic Metschnikowia species. Ph.D.
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