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One yeast isolate from the feces of the fruit flyD. crucigera is new and is described asCandida sorbosa nov. sp. A new species ofRhodotorula from the living larva ofDrosophila pilimanae is described asRhodotorula pilimanae.
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Hedrick, L.R., Burke, G.C. Two new yeasts from Hawaiian fruit flies. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 6, 92–95 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02279182
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