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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Saccharomycetes |
| Order: | Saccharomycetales |
| Family: | Saccharomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Candida |
| Species: | C. tolerans
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| Candida tolerans Lachance et al. 1999
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References
edit- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Kurtzman, Cletus; Fell, J.W.; Boekhout, Teun, eds. (2011). The Yeasts: A Taxonomic Study. Vol. 1 (5th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-093127-2.
- Rosa, Carlos A.; Peter, Gabor, eds. (2006). Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts. Vol. 1. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-30985-7.
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