A new species belonging to the genusMetschnikowia,Metschnikowia
viticola, was isolated from grapes in Hungary. M. viticola is a genetically
well separated species within the genus Metschnikowia. Until now very
little is known about the distribution of M. viticola since the species description
(Peter et al., 2005) was based on two strains from one grape
sample only and the species has been detected only a very few times
since then.