Abstract
Mating types have been found in a strain ofPichia membranaefaciens. The implication of this finding for the classification of some heterothallic species provisionally placed in the genusEndomycopsis is considered.
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Slooff, W.C. Mating types inPichia membranaefaciens . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 30, 129–131 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02046718
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