INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH, KATHRYN CROSS AND CARMEN NUENO-PALOP(See “Kazachstania yasuniensis sp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast species found in mainland Ecuador and on the Galápagos,” International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2015.)
Image of the Day: Galápagos Yeast
The newly discovered Kazachstania yasuniensis was found growing on the rotten wood of a Galápagos native, the daisy tree, and is the 4,000th entry in the UK's National Collection of Yeast Cultures.

