Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth:
After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are subglobose, ellipsoidal to cylindrical, (2.4-4.0) × (3.2-5.6) µm, single, in pairs, short chain and cluster, multilateral budding.
Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar:
Aerobic growth is butyrous, white, smooth, glistening and flat with entire margin.
Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar:
After 7 days at 25°C, pseudohyphae consist of branched chains of cylindroidal cells with verticils of ovoidal blastocondida giving a wavy appearance.
Formation of ascospores:
Ascospores are not formed.
Specimens：
Taiwan, Hualien: Soil in carambola orchard, Dec 1991, BCRC 22560.
Habitat：
Residue of pressed olives, shrimp, skin lesion, tunnel of beetle Crossotarsus externedentatus in Euclea natalensis, damp sack of sugar and frass of buprestid larvae in Acacia nilotica.
Distribution：
Italy, USA, South Africa, Spain and Taiwan.
References：
Meyer, SA and Ahearn, DG. 1983.
Provided：
F. L. Lee
Note：
This species is placed in biological safety level 1.
Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Saccharomycetes >> Order： Saccharomycetales 
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