Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A new yeasts. <jats:italic>Torulopsis ethanolitolerans</jats:italic> and its variety minor, both isolated from industrial sulphite fodder yeast cultivated on synthetic ethanol as the only source of carbon, originally designated R 5. R 6 and the variety R 7, are described. This species differs from all recently accepted <jats:italic>Torulopsis</jats:italic> species (resp., <jats:italic>Candida</jats:italic> species), which do not assimilate nitrate, not ferment any sugars, not produce urease, by the assimilation of maltose, but not of sucrose, lactose and D‐xylose.</jats:p>