Organisms

Debaryomyces

A genus of ascomycetous yeast in the family Debaryomycetaceae, order SACCHAROMYCETALES and phylum ASCOMYCOTA. Debaryomyces fungi are budding yeasts commonly found in the environment and used in the food industry. Debaryomyces hansenii (formerly Candida famata) is a salt-tolerant marine species sometimes involved in INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS and CANDIDEMIA.

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A genus of ascomycetous yeast in the family Debaryomycetaceae, order SACCHAROMYCETALES and phylum ASCOMYCOTA. Debaryomyces fungi are budding yeasts commonly found in the environment and used in the food industry. Debaryomyces hansenii (formerly Candida famata) is a salt-tolerant marine species sometimes involved in INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS and CANDIDEMIA.

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  • Debaryomyces hansenii

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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2021(2009)

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  • Saccharomycetales (1976-2008)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Debaryomyces. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055165. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055165
  2. Debaryomyces. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debaryomyces
  3. Debaryomyces. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5247835