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DNA base compositions (GC content) ofSaccharomyces species are reported and discussed. Several amendments of the four groups given by van der Walt are suggested, viz. the transfer ofS. kluyveri to group 1, and ofS. eupagycus, S. cidri, S. montanus, S. microellipsodes andS. florentinus to group 2. The synonomy ofS. amurcae andS. cidri is suggested. The DNA base compositions revealed two possible pairs of sibling species:S. elegans andS. bailii, with a difference in GC content of 4.1%;S. dairensis andS. servazzii with a difference in GC content of ca. 3%.S. mrakii had a GC content of 47.3–48.5% the highest encountered in this genus and similar to that ofKluyveromyces thermotolerans.
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Yarrow, D., Nakase, T. DNA base composition of species of the genusSaccharomyces . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 41, 81–88 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02565038
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