Kluyveromyces marxianus

Preferred Label : Kluyveromyces marxianus;

NCIt synonyms : K. cicerisporus; K. fragilis; C. pseudotropicalis;

NCIt related terms : Kluyveromyces cicerisporus; Candida pseudotropicalis; Kluyveromyces fragilis;

NCIt definition : A dimorphic, homothallic and hemiascomycetous yeast in the phylum Ascomycota. This species is respiro-fermentative, Crabtree negative, thermotolerant, and assimilate lactose and insulin. This species also has a characteristically high growth rate and secretory capacity. K. marxianus is a biocatalyst and used industrially to produce beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, inulinase, and polygalacturonases. It is also used as baker's yeast and an anticholesterolemic agent.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Kluyveromyces marxianus.;

Taxon ID : 4911;

Details

Origin ID

C114256;

UMLS CUI

C0319600;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Atelosaccharomyces pseudotropicalis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Kluyveromyces marxianus [MeSH concept]
- Kluyveromyces marxianus [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Kluyveromyces marxianus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- candida pseudotropicalis [SNOMED Notion]
- kluyveromyces fragilis [SNOMED Notion]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Candida kefyr [LOINC component]
Semantic type(s)
- Fungus [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Candida kefyr [LOINC component]
- Candida kefyr (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Kluyveromyces marxianus [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Kluyveromyces marxianus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- candida pseudotropicalis [SNOMED Notion]
- kluyveromyces fragilis [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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