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A new variety of Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a human case of meningitis has been described. The variety can be differentiated from the species primarily by its ability to assimilate D-galactose and L-arabinose.
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Misra, V.C., Randhawa, H.S. Sporobolomyces salmonicolor var. fischerii, a new yeast. Arch. Microbiol. 108, 141–143 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425104
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