NCIt related terms : Kluyveromyces lactis var. drosophilarum; Kluyveromyces drosophilarum; Kluyveromyces lactis var. lactis; Kluyveromyces marxianus var. lactis; Candida sphaerica; Kluyveromyces marxianus var. drosophilarum; Kluyveromyces marxianus lactis;
NCIt definition : A species of yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae and phylum Ascomycota with the
ability to utilize lactose and convert it into lactic acid. The species is heterothallic,
with a predominantly haploid life cycle. K. lactis has emerged as an important yeast
species for research and industrial biotechnology.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Kluyveromyces lactis.;