title: The significance of long-chain fatty acid composition and other phenotypic characteristics in determining relationships among some Pichia and Candida species.
abstract: The long-chain fatty acid compositions of 22 species of Candida were determined, and compared with the fatty acid compositions of 10 species of the genus Pichia that contain coenzyme Q9. The long-chain fatty acid results were also compared with other phenotypic criteria (i.e. assimilation of carbon sources, coenzyme Q type, G + C content and proton magnetic resonance spectra) in order to establish possible anamorph/teleomorph relations. Close correlations were found between known perfect/imperfect states. The results suggest that C. cacaoi and P. farinosa, and C. maltosa and P. etchellsii, also have anamorph/teleomorph relationships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Viljoen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kock
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Britz
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D010843:Pichia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000378:metabolism*; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D014451:Ubiquinone; C030571:ubiquinone 9