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Abstract
The physiological, morphological and serological properties of 47 species of 13 genera, excluding Saccharomyces, were subjected to numerical analysis. Fifteen groups were distinguished within the genera Brettanomyces, Debaryomyces, Hanseniaspora, Hansenula, Kloeckera, Nadsonia, Pachysolen, Pichia, Saccharomy-codes, Schizosaccharomyces and Schwanniomyces and species of Candida and Torulopsis which were not the imperfect forms of Saccharomyces species. There was no simple correlation between taxonomic groupings and serological properties, but by a combination of tests - anaerobic growth, morphology, serology and growth on lysine and nitrate as sole source of nitrogen - the various groups were easily distinguished.
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© Society for General Microbiology 1971