Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Saccharomycetes >>  Order: Saccharomycetales 
   
 
 BCRC Number NO BCRC Number!  
   
 Scientific Name: Candida yuanshanicus
 
   
   
 Author:

Candida yuanshanicus C.F. Lee et C.H. Liu 2008.

   
 
 
 
 
 Description: Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth: the cells are globose, or ovoidal (1.9-4.9 × 1.9-5.4 μm), single or in pairs (Fig. 2B). Vegetative reproduction is accomplished by multilateral budding. Sediment is present. Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar: streak cultures are creamy, butyrous, smooth, and glistening. The margin is entire. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: After 10 days at 25 °C, pseudomycelium and mycelium are absent. Formation of ascospores: Ascospores are not formed.
 
 
 
 
 
 Specimens:

SY3S02 (=BCRC 23100 =NBRC 102648 =CBS 10589), forest soil, Yuanshan, Ilan, Taiwan, May 2006.

 
 
 
 Habitat: Soil.
 
 
 
 Distribution:

Taiwan.

 
 
 
 References:

Liu C. H. et al. 2008. FEMS Yeast Research. 8(5): 815-822.

   
   
   
 Provided:

C. F. Lee

 
 
 Note: This species is placed in biological safety level 1.