[1] A large amount of published research referring to W. sebi was likely actually performed on W. mellicola.

[2] Three gene family expansions that were observed in W. mellicola were considered significant, including heat shock protein, stress responsive alpha-beta barrel, and amino acid transporter, and they may be responsible for the survival W. mellicola at low water activity.

Genes involved in High Osmolarity Glycerol signalling pathway were also found and were suggested to play an important role in the adaptation to osmotic stress.

[2] After sequencing the genomes of additional 25 strains of W. mellicola, these was found to form a relatively homogeneous and widespread population.

Two versions of a putative mating-type locus have been found in the sequenced genomes, each present in approximately half of the strains.