Candida tolerans

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]

Candida tolerans
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C. tolerans

Lachance et al. 1999

References

  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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