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Candida guilliermondii (teleomorph Meyerozyma guilliermondii) is an ascomycetous species belonging to the Saccharomycotina CTG clade which has been studied over the last forty years due to its biotechnological interest, biological control potential and clinical importance. Such a wide range of applications in various areas of fundamental and applied scientific research has progressively made C. guilliermondii an attractive model for exploring the potential of yeast metabolic engineering as well as for elucidating new molecular events supporting pathogenicity and antifungal resistance. All these research fields now take advantage of the establishment of a useful molecular toolbox specifically dedicated to C. guilliermondii genetics including the construction of recipient strains, the development of selectable markers and reporter genes and optimization of transformation protocols. This area of study is further supported by the availability of the complete genome sequence of the reference strain ATCC 6260. In this chapter, we provide some recent protocols allowing culture, genetic transformation, gene disruption and fusion to fluorescent protein genes for subcellular localization in this yeast.
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Papon, N., Boretsky, Y.R., Courdavault, V., Clastre, M., Sibirny, A.A. (2015). Genetic Manipulation of Meyerozyma guilliermondii . In: van den Berg, M., Maruthachalam, K. (eds) Genetic Transformation Systems in Fungi, Volume 2. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10503-1_21
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