Taxonomy:	Eukaryota \| Opisthokonta \| Fungi \| Dikarya \| Ascomycota \| saccharomyceta \| Saccharomycotina \| Saccharomycetes \| Saccharomycetales \| Saccharomycetaceae \| Kluyveromyces \| Kluyveromyces lactis
Anamorph:	Candida sphaerica
Synonym:	Kluyveromyces marxianus var. lactis, Kluyveromyces marxianus var. drosophilarum, Kluyveromyces marxianus lactis, Kluyveromyces drosophilarum, Kluyveromyces lactis var. drosophilarum, Kluyveromyces lactis var. lactis
Comment:	Kluyveromyces lactis is a petite-negative hemiascomycete yeast. Compared to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, it can use a wider variety of carbon sources, and many of its strains were originally isolated from milk-derived products in which the major carbon source is lactose.
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