Candida theae explained

Candida theae is a species of yeast in the genus Candida. The species name means "tea".[1] It was first isolated from Indonesian tea drinks and in Quito from clay pots that contained chicha dating from 680 CE.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raising the Dead: New Species of Life Resurrected from Ancient Andean Tomb . R. Douglas . Fields . 19 February 2012 . Scientific American . New York, NY . 24 February 2012 . But careful genetic analysis showed that two strains of yeast were a new species of Candida, which he named C. theae, meaning "tea." . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219204257/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-species-resurrected-ancient-andean-tomb . 19 February 2012 . live .

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