UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL. RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION

BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
PEORIA 5, ILLINOIS

May 13, 1946

Dre Joshua Lederverg

Yale University

Osvorn Botanical Laboratory
New Haven, Connecticut

Dear Dr. Lederberg:

The non-agglutinating form of Schizosaccharomyces versa-
tilis should not clump strongly when grown in broth.
Also, if you use a rich malt extract medium you may be
able to increase its rate of growth.

 

In response to your letter of April 30, 1946, I am send-
ing you cultures of Schizosaccharomyces octospores

NRRL Y=-854 end Se. pombe Y-675. TI hope one of these may
prove satisfactory.

 

Endomyces albicans is a misnomer. It was reported ascosporo=
genous in 1898 but not since, yet it is very commonly known
in the nonsporogenous form as Candida albicans. As I doubt
that you are interested in nonsporogenous yeasts I am not
sending a strain; however, we do have many strains of this
yeast and would be glad to send you some if*you still

desire them.

Sincerely yours,

Sapp gp Waban

Lynferd Je Wickerham, Zymologist
Fermentation Division
Northern Regionel Research Laboratory