| cryptococcus lacticolor sp. nov. and rhodotorula oligophaga sp. nov., novel yeasts isolated from the nasal smear microbiota of queensland koalas kept in japanese zoological parks. | a total of 515 yeast strains were isolated from the nasal smears of queensland koalas and their breeding environments in japanese zoological parks between 2005 and 2012. the most frequent species in the basidiomycetous yeast biota isolated from koala nasal passages was cryptococcus neoformans, followed by rhodotorula minuta. r. minuta was the most frequent species in the breeding environments, while c. neoformans was rare. seven strains representing two novel yeast species were identified. analy ... | 2013 | 23653119 |