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Twenty five culture wine yeast strains from New Zealand and Australia were examined for killer capability or sensitivity. Eight yeast strains were K +2 killers, six of the K +2 R -1 R +3 phenotype and two of the K +2 R -1 R -3 phenotype. The seventeen sensitive strains were separated into four phenotype classes. The homothallic life cycle was detected in twenty-one strains and one further strain is probably triploid.
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Thornton, R.J. Genetic characterisation of New Zealand and Australian wine yeasts. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 52, 97–103 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00429312
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