The present yeast exhibited characters of the
form genus Candida Berkhout circumscribed
byN. van Uden and H. Buckley in "The
Yeasts",5) with the exception to pigment formation
and bud formation with a sterigma-like
spicule. The morphological and physiological
properties shown by strain S-10 are most
similar to those ofCandidafusiformata, recently
described by Buhagiar11 ) from cabbages and
cauliflowers in U.K., in the known yeast species.
According to Buhagiar's description, C. fusiformata
is delimited by the following characteristics:
streak cultures on certain media are
lightly tinged with pink (however, no attempt
was made to determine whether the pigment
formation is due to carotenoid);n