Four yeast strains from the DISAABA (Dipartimento di Agraria,
Università di Sassari, Italy) collection were selected based on their
ability to efficiently prevent green rot caused by Penicillium expansum
Link on apple fruit (Fiori et al., unpublished results). Strains were
identified by sequencing the ITS1 and ITS2 regions of ribosomal DNA
as belonging to: 253, Candida intermedia (Cif. & Ashford) Langeron &
Guerra; 273, Cyberlindnera jadinii (Sartory, R. Sartory, Weill & J. Mey.)
Minter; 751, Lachancea thermotolerans (Filippov) Kurtzman, and 778,
Candida friedrichii Uden & Windisch.