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Killer Yeasts

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Current Topics in Medical Mycology

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Medical Mycology ((CT MYCOLOGY,volume 1))

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Killer yeasts are strains secreting a specific toxin that is lethal to some other members of the same or related species, but to which the killer strain itself is immune. The killer toxins described to date kill a variety of different yeasts, often outside the genus and species of the producing strain; but they are not known to be toxic either to higher eukaryotes or to bacteria.

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Wickner, R.B. (1985). Killer Yeasts. In: McGinnis, M.R. (eds) Current Topics in Medical Mycology. Current Topics in Medical Mycology, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9547-8_11

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