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Candida tolerans

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Candida tolerans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Saccharomycetales
Family: Saccharomycetaceae
Genus: Candida
Species:
C. tolerans
Binomial name
Candida tolerans
Lachance et al. 1999

Candida tolerans is an ascomycetous yeast species first isolated from Australian Hibiscus flowers. It is small and a pseudomycelium is formed. The carbon and nitrogen assimilation pattern is similar to that of Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. Its type strain is UWO (PS) 98-115.5 (CBS 8613).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Lachance MA, Bowles JM, Starmer WT, Barker JS (1999). "Kodamaea kakaduensis and Candida tolerans, two new ascomycetous yeast species from Australian Hibiscus flowers". Can J Microbiol. 45 (2): 172–7. doi:10.1139/w98-225. PMID 10380650.

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