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The morphological, cultural, and physiological characteristics are described of a yeast, LI70, which uses methanol as its source of energy and carbon; these characteristics have made it possible to identify the strain as Candida boidinii Ramirez. The identification was confirmed by a DNA-DNA genetic homology of 99.43% with the type strain of C. boidinii. Strain LI70 is not pathogenic.
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Craveri, R., Cavazzoni, V., Sarra, P.G. et al. Taxonomical examination and characterization of a methanol-utilizing yeast. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 42, 533–540 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00410184
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