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Abstract
SUMMARY: Samples of sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), cane juice, raw sugar and refinery samples were screened for osmophilic yeasts able to ferment sucrose. One of the isolates showed properties bordering on the original definition of an obligate osmophil. Therefore, diagnostic tests were adapted to fit ecological considerations. These modifications in technique were adopted for all isolates when it was found that more consistent results could thus be obtained. As a result of these tests relevant organisms were identified as Torulopsis apicola, T. globosa, T. lactis-condensi, T. bacillaris, Candida guilliermondii, Saccharomyces florentinus and a new species, T. kestoni.
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© Society for General Microbiology 1966