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Kluyveromyces marxianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi;
Phylum:	Ascomycota;
Subphylum:	Saccharomycotina;
Class:	Saccharomycetes;
Order:	Saccharomycetales;
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae;
Genus:	Kluyveromyces;
Species:	K. marxianus;
Binomial name
	Kluyveromyces marxianus; Van der Walt, 1971
Synonyms
	Kluyveromyces fragilis; Kluyveromyces cicerisporus; Candida pseudotropicalis; Candida kefyr

Kluyveromyces marxianus is a species of yeast in the genus Kluyveromyces, and is the sexual form (teleomorph) of Candida kefyr. K. marxianus is used commercially to produce the lactase enzyme similar to the use of other fungi such as those in the genus Aspergillus.^[2]

It is produced as a nutritional yeast and bonding agent for fodder and pet food, and as a source of ribonucleic acid in pharmaceuticals.^[3]

[edit] See also

Fungi portal

Kluyveromyces

[edit] References

^ Van der Walt, Bothalia 10(3): 418 (1971)
^ I. Seyis and N. Aksoz: Production of Lactase by Trichoderma sp., Food Technol. Biotechnol. 42 (2) 121–124 (2004)Free text.
^ http://www.biocel.cz/e_html/products/fodder.html

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[0] Van der Walt, Bothalia 10(3): 418 (1971)

[Seyis-1] I. Seyis and N. Aksoz: Production of Lactase by Trichoderma sp., Food Technol. Biotechnol. 42 (2) 121–124 (2004)Free text.

[2] ttp://www.biocel.cz/e_html/products/fodder.html

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