1964 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 323-331
Forty-nine strains of kerosene-utilizing yeasts were taxonomically studied. All the strains except one belonged to the genus Candida, including the two new species. These were C. cloacae nov. sp. (1 strain), C. maltosa nov, sp. (1 strain), C. parapsilosis (26 strains), C. lipolytica (7 strains), C. tropicalis (3 strains), C. guilliermondii (1 strain), and C. intermedia (9 strains). The other one strain was Rhodotorula rubra. The descriptions of the new species were given.