Table S1: Morphological characteristics of yeast species isolated from nectar of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flowers

No. / Yeast species / Colony color / Shape of cell / Pseudomycelium / Septate hyphae / Ballistoconidia / Symmetric conidia / Ascospores
Round,oval,conical or reniform / Ascospores cap,hat-,Saturm or walnut shaped
1 / Candida lusitaniae / wh.cr / gl-ov / - / - / - / - / + / -
2 / Candida parapsilosis / wh.cr / ov / + / - / - / - / - / -
3 / Debaromyces hansenii / wh.cr / r-ov / - / - / - / - / + / -
4 / Candida lambica / wh.cr / sph.ov / - / - / - / - / - / +
5 / Candida dubliensis / wh.cr / wr. / - / + / - / + / - / -
6 / Candida rugosa / wh.cr / + / - / - / - / - / -
7 / Candida magnoliae / wh.cr / gl-ov / - / - / - / - / - / -
8 / Candida guillermondii / wh.cr / ov.el / + / - / - / - / - / +
9 / Candida famata / wh.cr / sph.ov / - / - / - / - / - / -
10 / Candida tropicalis / wh.cr / ov / v / v / - / - / - / -
11 / Candida pseudotropicalis / Wh.cr-pi / ov / + / - / - / - / + / -
12 / Candida curvatus / br.yl / ov / + / - / - / - / - / -
13 / Sporobolomyces roseus / cr.pi-rd / sph-ov / - / +/- / + / - / - / -
14 / Pichia jadinii / wh.cr / sph-ov / - / - / - / - / - / +
15 / Hansenula beijerinckii / wh.cr / ov / + / - / - / - / - / +
16 / Hansenula polymorpha / tan.wh / sph-el / - / - / - / - / - / +
17 / Saccharomyces cerevisae / wh.cr / sph.ov / +/- / - / - / - / + / -
18 / Saccharomyces kluyveri / wh.cr / sph.ov / + / - / - / - / + / -

Colony color: wh: white; cr: cream; pi: pink; rd: red; yl: yellow;tan: tannish; Shape of cell: sph: spherical; ov: oval; r: round; fl: globose; wr: wrinkled; el:elongated.

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Candida lusitaniae / Candida parapsilosis / Debaromyces hansenii / Candida lambica / Candida dubliensis / Candida rugosa / Candida magnoliae / Candida guillermondii / Candida famata / Candida tropicalis / Candida pseudotropicalis / Candida curvata / Sporobolomyces roseus / Pichia jadinii / Hansenula beijerinckii / Hansenula polymorpha / Saccharomyces cerevisae / Saccharomyces kluyveri
Fermentation
D-glucose fermentation / + / + / V
(+,-) / + / + / - / + / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / + / + / - / - / + / + / + / + / +
D-galactose fermentation / V
(+,-) / V
(-, D) / V
(-,D) / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(-,D) / + / V
(+,D) / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / +
Maltose fermentation / V
(-,D) / V
(-, D) / V
(+,-) / - / + / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / + / - / - / - / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / V
(-,D)
Me α-D-glucoside fermentation / V
(-,D) / V
(-, D) / - / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-)
Sucrose fermentation / V
(-,D) / V
(-, D) / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D) / - / V
(+,D) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / + / - / - / + / + / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / +
α - α-Trehalose fermentation / V
(+,D) / V
(-, D) / V
(-,D) / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(-,D) / V
(+,D) / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / -
Melbiose fermentation / - / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / +
Lactose fermentation / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
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Candida lusitaniae / Candida parapsilosis / Debaromyces hansenii / Candida lambica / Candida dubliensis / Candida rugosa / Candida magnoliae / Candida guillermondii / Candida famata / Candida tropicalis / Candida pseudotropicalis / Candida curvata / Sporobolomyces roseus / Pichia jadinii / Hansenula beijerinckii / Hansenula polymorpha / Saccharomyces cerevisae / Saccharomyces kluyveri
Cellobiose fermentation / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / - / D / V
(-,D) / - / -
Melezitose fermentation / V
(+,-) / V
(-, D) / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / -
Raffinose fermentation / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,D) / - / - / V
(+,-) / + / - / V
(+,-) / +
Inulin fermentation / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / - / - / -
Starch fermentation / - / - / - / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / -
Assimilation of carbon compounds
D-glucose growth / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / N / + / + / + / +
D-galactose growth / V
(+,-) / + / + / - / + / V / V
(+,D) / + / + / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / +
L-sorbose growth / + / V
(+,D) / V
(+,D) / - / V
(+,-) / V / V
(+,D) / V
(+,D) / V / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(-,D) / - / V
(+,-)
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D-glucosamine growth / V
(+,-) / V
(+, -) / V
(+,-) / V / V
(+,-) / - / - / + / V / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / - / - / -
D-ribose growth / V
(+,D) / V
(+, -) / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D) / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / V / V
(-,D) / V
(-,D) / + / V
(-,D) / - / - / + / - / V
D-xylose growth / + / + / + / + / + / + / V
(-,D) / + / + / + / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,-) / + / + / V
(+,D) / - / V
(-,D)
L-arabinose growth / - / + / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / + / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,-) / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / V
(-,D) / - / -
D-arabinose growth / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / + / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(+,D) / V
(-,D) / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / -
L-rhamnose growth / + / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / -
Sucrose growth / + / + / + / - / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,-) / + / + / V
(+,-) / + / + / + / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / +
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Candida lusitaniae / Candida parapsilosis / Debaromyces hansenii / Candida lambica / Candida dubliensis / Candida rugosa / Candida magnoliae / Candida guillermondii / Candida famata / Candida tropicalis / Candida pseudotropicalis / Candida curvata / Sporobolomyces roseus / Pichia jadinii / Hansenula beijerinckii / Hansenula polymorpha / Saccharomyces cerevisae / Saccharomyces kluyveri
Maltose growth / + / + / + / - / + / - / - / + / + / + / - / V
(+,D) / + / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / +
α - α-Trehalose growth / + / + / + / - / V
(+,D) / - / V
(-,D) / + / + / + / - / D / V
(+,-) / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D)
Me α-D-glucoside growth / V
(+,D) / + / + / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(+,D) / + / V / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / +
Cellobiose growth / V
(+,D) / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / + / V
(+,D) / + / + / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D)
Salicin growth / + / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,D) / + / + / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D)
Arbutin growth / + / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / + / V
(+,D) / + / + / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D)
Melibiose growth / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / +
Lactose growth / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,-) / + / - / - / - / - / - / -
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Raffinose growth / - / - / + / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / + / + / - / + / + / + / + / + / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D)
Melezitose growth / + / + / + / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / + / + / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,-) / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / -
Inulin growth / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / + / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,D) / - / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,D) / - / - / -
Starch growth / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / + / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / + / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,D) / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / -
Glycerol growth / + / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / + / + / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,-) / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / V
(-,D)
Erythritol growth / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(+,D) / - / - / - / + / - / -
Ribitol growth / + / V
(+,D) / + / - / V
(+,-) / V
(-,D) / V
(-,D) / + / + / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / - / - / + / - / -
Xylitol growth / + / V
(+,D) / + / - / + / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / + / + / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / V
(-,D) / + / + / - / V
(+,-)
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L-arabinitol growth / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / + / V
(+,-) / - / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / + / - / -
D-glucitol growth / + / + / + / - / V
(+,D) / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,D) / + / + / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / + / V
(-,D) / V
(+,D)
D-mannitol growth / + / + / + / - / + / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,D) / + / + / V
(+,D) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,D) / + / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-)
Galactitol growth / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / - / - / D / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / -
Myo-Inositol growth / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / - / -
D-Glucono-1,5,-lactone growth / V
(+,D) / + / V
(+,-) / V / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / + / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / + / + / V
(+,-) / V
(-,D) / V
(-,D)
2-keto-D-gluconate growth / + / + / + / - / + / - / V
(+,D) / + / + / + / - / + / - / V
(-,D) / - / - / - / V
(-,D)
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Candida lusitaniae / Candida parapsilosis / Debaromyces hansenii / Candida lambica / Candida dubliensis / Candida rugosa / Candida magnoliae / Candida guillermondii / Candida famata / Candida tropicalis / Candida pseudotropicalis / Candida curvata / Sporobolomyces roseus / Pichia jadinii / Hansenula beijerinckii / Hansenula polymorpha / Saccharomyces cerevisae / Saccharomyces kluyveri-
D-gluconate growth / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / + / V
(-,D) / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / - / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / + / - / - / V
(+,-)
D-glucuronate growth / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / - / + / - / - / - / - / - / -
D-galacturonate growth / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / N / V
(-,D) / - / -
DL-Lactate growth / V
(+,-) / - / V
(+,-) / + / + / V / - / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / + / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / + / + / - / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-)
Succinate growth / + / + / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / - / V
(-,D) / V
(+,D)
Citrate growth / V
(+,-) / + / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,D) / + / + / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / + / V
(-,D) / + / - / V
(-,D) / - / -
Methanol growth / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / V
(+,-) / - / -
Ethanol growth / + / + / + / + / + / + / V
(+,-) / + / + / + / + / V
(+,D) / V
(+,-) / + / + / V
(+,-) / V
(+,-) / +
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Propane 1,2 diol growth / V