TABLE 1.
Group | Growth phenotype in assimilation test
|
No. of strainsa | Example | |
---|---|---|---|---|
δ-Gluconolactone | Sodium gluconate | |||
I | Negative | Negative | 90 | Kluyveromyces wickerhamii |
II | Negative | Positive | 13 | Candida curiosa |
III | Positive | Negative | 48 | Saccharomyces bulderi (this study) |
IV | Positive | Positive | 147 | Yarrowia lipolytica |
Data were obtained from a taxonomic handbook (2). Species that exhibit a weak, variable, or delayed response in assimilation tests for these two substrates are not included in this table.