**Acknowledgements**

The yeast research carried out by the CLQCA was funded by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and The National Secretariat of Science and Technology, SENESCYT. This work was also funded by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq – Brazil, awarded to CAR) and Fundação do Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG, awarded to CAR).
