YEASTS AND YEAST-LIKE ORGANISMS FROM NORTH KOREA

Abstract

In the year 1986, we collected 85 samples of soil, plants and fruits from North Korea. We isolated 30 strains of yeast and yeast-like organisms (11 Ascomycetes, 9 Basidiomycetes, 7 Deuteromycetes and 3 arthroconidial fungi). The following genera were identified: Saccharomyces, Torulaspora, Pichia, Williopsis, Zygopichia, Hyphopichia, Debaryomyces, Geotrichum, Candida, Kloeckera, Rhodotorula, Sporobolomyces, Trichosporon and Aureobasidium.