Dipodascus tetrasporeus sp. nov. is described as a novel yeast species in the family Dipodascaceae to accommodate an isolate recovered from sediments collected on the deep-sea floor in the north-western Pacific Ocean. In the clade comprising the genera Dipodascus, Galactomyces and Geotrichum, this is the only species that forms asci that bear four ascospores. The ascospore is surrounded by an ... Read more