New publication: The Genomes of Four Meyerozyma caribbica Isolates and Novel Insights into the Meyerozyma guilliermondii Species Complex

Meyerozyma caribbica and Meyerozyma guilliermondii are two closely related yeast species belonging to the M. guilliermondii species complex. M. guilliermondii is a well-studied yeast, reported to have multiple interesting properties and applications, and it is largely used in biotechnology in a variety of tasks. In addition, it is also considered a killer yeast, leading to its use in agriculture and food industry as a biocontrol agent, and it putatively possesses an antimicrobial activity similar to that of Wickerhamomyces anomalus, which was suggested as a candidate for integrated vector control.

In this article, we report the whole-genome sequencing and de novo assembly of four M. caribbica isolates.