On the possibility of sporulatiqn in some Candida and Torulopsis yeasts

Abstract

Speculation ability was shown for two yeast strains (Y-768 and Y-41) from the All-Union Collection of Microorganisms. The strains have been identified previously as Torulopsis utilis var. major (syn. Candida utilis) and Candida guilliermondii respectively. The sporulation discovered was shown to present transition from diplo-to haplophase. The either strains studied are homothallic. The process of ascospore germination and of diploidization was studied in the strain Y-768. Variation of the character "sporulation ability" has been analyzed.