Biology:Candida theae

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Short description: Species of fungus

Candida theae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Saccharomycetales
Family: Saccharomycetaceae
Genus: Candida
Species:
C. theae
Binomial name
Candida theae
C.-F.Lee[1][2]
Candida theae
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Mycological characteristics
lacks a stipe
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: choice

Candida theae is a species of yeast in the genus Candida. The species name means "tea".[3] It was first isolated from Indonesian tea drinks[1] and in Quito from clay pots that contained chicha dating from 680 CE.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chang, C. F.; Lin, Y. C.; Chen, S. F.; Carvajal Barriga, E. J.; Barahona, P. P.; James, S. A.; Bond, C. J.; Roberts, I. N. et al. (2012). "Candida theae sp. nov., a new anamorphic beverage-associated member of the Lodderomyces clade". International Journal of Food Microbiology 153 (1–2): 10–14. doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.09.012. PMID 22088606. 
  2. "Candida theae" (in en). Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1198502. "authority: Candida theae C.-F. Lee 2012 Lineage( full ) cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; saccharomyceta; Saccharomycotina; Saccharomycetes; Saccharomycetales; Debaryomycetaceae; Candida/Lodderomyces clade; Candida" 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fields, R. Douglas (19 February 2012). "Raising the Dead: New Species of Life Resurrected from Ancient Andean Tomb". New York, NY. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-species-resurrected-ancient-andean-tomb. "But careful genetic analysis showed that two strains of yeast were a new species of Candida, which he named C. theae, meaning "tea."" 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5031729 entry