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Candida theae

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Candida theae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Saccharomycetales
Family: Saccharomycetaceae
Genus: Candida
Species:
C. theae
Binomial name
Candida theae
Candida theae
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Lacks a stipe
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is choice

Candida theae is a species of yeast in the genus Candida. The species name means "tea".[3] It was first isolated from Indonesian tea drinks[1] and in Quito from clay pots that contained chicha dating from 680 CE.[3]

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "Candida theae". NCBI Taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2017. authority: Candida theae C.-F. Lee 2012 Lineage( full ) cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; saccharomyceta; Saccharomycotina; Saccharomycetes; Saccharomycetales; Debaryomycetaceae; Candida/Lodderomyces clade; Candida
  3. ^ a b Fields, R. Douglas (19 February 2012). "Raising the Dead: New Species of Life Resurrected from Ancient Andean Tomb". Scientific American. New York, NY. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. 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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