Cryptococcus friedmannii, a new species of yeast from the Antarctic.
Cryptococcus friedmannii Vishniac sp. nov. from an Antarctic cryptoendolithic community is a psychrophilic basidioblastomycete characterized by cream-colored colonies of cells with smooth, layered walls, budding monopolarly, producing amylose and extracellular proteinase, utilizing nitrate and D-alanine (inter alia) as nitrogen sources and L-arabinose, arbutin, cellobiose, D-glucuronate, maltose, melezitose, salicin, soluble starch, trehalose, and D-xylose as carbon sources.  This species differs from all other basidiomycetous yeasts in possessing the following combination of characters:  amylose production (positive), assimilation of cellobiose (positive), D-galactose (negative), myo-inositol (negative),  D-mannitol (negative), and sucrose (negative).
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Department of Botany and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078, USA.
D000864:Antarctic Regions; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D003081:Cold Climate; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003889:Desert Climate; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D009566:Nitrates; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen