NEW SPECIES OF YEASTS RESEMBLING CANDIDA KRUSEI (CAST.) BERKHOUT

Abstract

Seventy-six strains of Candida krusei and allied species obtained from culture collections and newly isolated from various natural sources were studied taxonomically. The strains employed in this work were classified into 12 groups representing 14 species mainly on the basis of carbon assimilation pattern, vitamin requirement, maximum growth temperature, and guanine- cytosine content in DNA. Three new species, Candida citrea, Candida sorboxylosa, and Candida rugopelliculosa, were described.