Yarrowia lipolytica

Preferred Label : Yarrowia lipolytica;

NCIt synonyms : M. lipolytica; Y. lipolytica;

NCIt related terms : Candida lipolytica; Mycotorula lipolytica;

NCIt definition : A dimorphic yeast in the phylum Ascomycota. This species is strictly aerobic, degrades hydrophobic substrates, assimilates glucose, fructose and mannose, and utilizes ethanol and glycerol as carbon sources. Y. lipolytica is a biocatalyst and used commercially in biotransformation to catalyze hydrolysis, esterification, interesterification and transesterification reactions. It is also used for the production of citric acid.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Yarrowia lipolytica.;

Taxon ID : 4952;

Details

Origin ID

C114257;

UMLS CUI

C0969686;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Candida lipolytica (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Yarrowia lipolytica (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- candida lipolytica [SNOMED Notion]
- yarrowia [MeSH Descriptor]
- yarrowia lipolytica [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Fungus [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Candida lipolytica (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Yarrowia lipolytica (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- yarrowia lipolytica [MeSH concept]
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- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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