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Dairy Yeasts
1 species
Kluyveromyces is a genus of budding yeasts closely related to Saccharomyces. Its best-known species, K. marxianus and K. lactis, can ferment lactose (milk sugar), so they turn up in kefir and other dairy products, and K. marxianus is used industrially to turn whey into ethanol, enzymes and feed. Species of the genus are also widely used in genetic and microbiological research.
Unicellular budding yeasts; asci with 1-4 ascospores in K. marxianus. Several species ferment lactose (lactose use in K. marxianus depends on the LAC12 and LAC4 genes). Species listed by Wikipedia: K. aestuarii, K. dobzhanskii, K. lactis, K. marxianus, K. nonfermentans, K. wickerhamii.
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