Three new filamentous, fermentingCandidaisolated from decayed wood in the evergreen rainy Valdivian forest of southern Chile

✍ Scribed by Carlos Ramírez; Aldo González

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 459 KB
• Volume: 88
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-486X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00436437

✦ Synopsis

Three unusual representatives of the genus Candida, isolated from advanced stages of decay from fallen trunks of Laurelia sempervirens Weim., Laurelia philippiana Weim., and Nothofagus obliqua (Mirb.) Blume, in the evergreen rainy Valdivian forest of southern Chile, are described and illustrated. The three yeasts differ from all accepted Candida species to warrant their establishment as three new species: Candida sophiae-reginae sp. nov., Candida pilmaiquenensis sp. nov., and Candida rignihuensis sp. nov.

Assimilation of potassium nitrate: negative. Splitting of arbutin: negative. Production of carotenoid pigments: negative. Growth in vitamin-free medium: positive; growth is strongly stimulated by pyridoxine. Growth in 50% glucose-yeast extract: positive.