Candida theae adalah spesies ragi dalam genus Candida. Nama spesies ini berarti "teh".[2] Spesies ini pertama kali diisolasi dari minuman teh Indonesia[1] dan pot tanah liat di Quito, Ekuador yang berisi chicha dari AD 680.[2]
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- ^ a b Chang, C. F.; Lin, Y. C.; Chen, S. F.; Carvajal Barriga, E. J.; Barahona, P. P.; James, S. A.; Bond, C. J.; Roberts, I. N.; Lee, C. F. (2012). "Candida theae sp. nov., a new anamorphic beverage-associated member of the Lodderomyces clade". International Journal of Food Microbiology. 153 (1–2): 10–14. doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.09.012. PMID 22088606.
- ^ a b Fields, R. Douglas (19 February 2012). "Raising the Dead: New Species of Life Resurrected from Ancient Andean Tomb". Scientific American. New York, NY: Scientific American. Diakses tanggal 24 February 2012.
But careful genetic analysis showed that two strains of yeast were a new species of Candida, which he named C. theae, meaning "tea."
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