Kluyveromyces

Kluyveromyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:	Kluyveromyces Van der Walt, 1956[1]
Species
K. lactis K. marxianus

Kluyveromyces is a genus of ascomycetous yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae. Some of the species, such as K. marxianus, are the teleomorphs of Candida species.

Species[]

Kluyveromyces is widely cultured for microbiological en genetic research. Some important species include:

• Kluyveromyces lactis
• Kluyveromyces marxianus
• Kluyveromyces thermotolerans

See also[]

• Yeast in winemaking

References[]

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