Candida theae

Candida theae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Saccharomycotina
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Saccharomycetales
Family: Saccharomycetaceae
Genus: Candida
Species: C. theae
Binomial name
Candida theae
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Candida theae
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Mycological characteristics

lacks a stipe
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: edible

Candida theae is a species of yeast in the genus Candida. The species name means "tea.[2]" It was first isolated from Indonesian tea drinks[1] and in Quito, Ecuador from clay pots that contained chicha dating from AD 680.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 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.; Lee, C. F. (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. 1 2 Fields, R. Douglas (19 February 2012). "Raising the Dead: New Species of Life Resurrected from Ancient Andean Tomb". Scientific American. New York, NY: Scientific American. Retrieved 24 February 2012. But careful genetic analysis showed that two strains of yeast were a new species of Candida, which he named C. theae, meaning "tea."

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