A strain of Candida stellata of special interest to oenologists

Abstract One of the most commonly found wild yeasts in musts of the Niagara region of Ontario, Canada, is highly fermentative and is resistant to control with SO 2 . Previous attempts to classify the organism have been inconclusive. An extensive re-examination of the assimilation data and the use of clamped hexagonal electric field electrophoresis to derive a karyotype indicated that the strains are metabolic and morphological variants of Candida stellata .