| Candida viswanathii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Saccharomycetes |
| Order: | Saccharomycetales |
| Family: | Saccharomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Candida |
| Species: | C. viswanathii
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| Binomial name | |
| Candida viswanathii Sandu & H.S. Randhawa, 1962[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Candida lodderae | |
Candida viswanathii is a species of yeast in the genus Candida. It is named after the noted Indian pulmonologist, Raman Viswanathan.[2]
A strain found in oil-contaminated soil near Beijing in 2017 is able to oxidize dodecane into dodecanedioic acid.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sandu & H.S. Randhawa, Mycopathologia 18: 179 (1962)
- ^ H.S. Randhawa; S. K. Mishra; V. N. Damodaran; A. Prakash; A. Chowdhary; Z. U. Khan (October 2015). "Pathogenicity of Candida viswanathii for normal and cortisone-treated mice". Journal de Mycologie Médicale. 25 (4): 287–92. doi:10.1016/j.mycmed.2015.10.010. PMID 26597146. S2CID 9161400.
- ^ Cao, Weifeng; Li, Hongbao; Luo, Jianquan; Yin, Junxiang; Wan, Yinhua (2017-08-01). "High-level productivity of α,ω-dodecanedioic acid with a newly isolated Candida viswanathii strain". Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 44 (8): 1191–1202. doi:10.1007/s10295-017-1948-6. ISSN 1476-5535.
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