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Three new yeasts from Antarctic soils:Candida nivalis, Candida gelida andCandida frigida spp.n.

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During a study of the yeast flora of soil samples from the Ross Dependency of Antarctica three new fermenting yeasts of the genusCandida were isolated. They could all use nitrate as N-source and formed a starch-like substance on non-synthetic media. They were separated on the basis of the sugars they fermented and assimilated.

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  1. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Soil Bureau, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    Margaret E. di Menna

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di Menna, M.E. Three new yeasts from Antarctic soils:Candida nivalis, Candida gelida andCandida frigida spp.n.. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 32, 25–28 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02097442

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