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Zygozyma smithiae sp.n. (Lipomycetaceae), a new ambrosia yeast from Southern Africa

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A new species of the genus Zygozyma, Z. smithiae, was recovered from frass of the ambrosia beetle, Crossotarsus externedentatus in Northern Natal. A description of the new species and key to the genus are given.

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  1. Department of Microbiology & Biochemistry, University of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, 9300, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    J. P. van der Walt & M. J. Wingfield

  2. Division of Food Science & Technology, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

    J. P. van der Walt

  3. Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, 422, Shizuoka, Japan

    Y. Yamada

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van der Walt, J.P., Wingfield, M.J. & Yamada, Y. Zygozyma smithiae sp.n. (Lipomycetaceae), a new ambrosia yeast from Southern Africa. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 58, 95–98 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422723

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