Sixty yeasts spp. were isolated from samples of whey which collected from
different locations in Syria. These yeasts were classified morphologically
according to Barnett’s and physiologically by API technique to identify the
species of Yeasts, whe
re had found 10 classified yeasts as follows:
Candida krusei is the most of yeasts which founded in whey with 21.66 %,
and in the Second rank is Candida lusitaniae with 16.66 %. the third rank came
(Geotrichum capitatum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rhodotorula minuta) with
11.66%, after that the Candida magnolia is ranked in the fourth rank by
distributing with 8.33%. as soon as the Candida famata came in the fifth rank
with 6.66%, and in the sixth rank we founded Candida lipolytica with 5%,
finally the Rhodotorula. mucilaginosa and Candida. kefyr came in the last rank
with 3.33%, so we noticed the variety of the yeasts in the studied locations in
Syria.
