TABLE 2.
Physiological and morphological characteristics of Kazachstania species in the K. telluris clade
| Species | Glucose fermentation | Growtha
|
Presence of pseudohyphae | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glucose | Ethanol | dl-Lactic acid | Succinic acid | 10% NaCl-5% glucose | 40°C | 42°C | |||
| K. bovina | 5/5b | 5/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 0/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 0/5 |
| K. heterogenica | 4/4 | 4/4 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 3/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 |
| K. pintolopesii | 29/29 | 29/29 | 4/29 | 13/29 | 0/29 | 0/29 | 29/29 | 1/29 | 0/29 |
| K. slooffiae | 5/5 | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 | 5/5 |
| K. telluris | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 0/4 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 0/4 |
a
The full set of seven sugars and 44 growth tests typically used for strain characterization are given by Kurtzman (7) and are also listed in the Latin description of each new species.
b
Data represent number of strains positive/total number of strains tested.