Identification of the strain DMKU 3-1042 following a conventional taxonomic approach was made by comparing its morphological, biochemical and physiological characteristics (data not shown) to a taxonomic key . The strain DMKU 3-1042 was revealed to be K. marxianus. In molecular taxonomic studies on nucleotide sequences of D1/D2 domain of LSU rDNA showed that the sequences of the strain DMKU 3-1042 and the type strain of K. marxianus were identical. Therefore, the strain DMKU 3-1042 was identified as K. marxianus