Categorization and segregation of yeast strains from local food crops

Abstract

Isolation and identification of yeast from Manihot esculenta, Zea mays, Cola acuminata and Sorghum 
bicolor was done using the spread plate technique. Morphological, cultural, physiological and 
molecular characterizations were carried out resulting in determination of the species. Four isolates 
belonging to different genera which include Pichia, Kluyveromyces, Candida and Saccharomyces were 
identified. This present study showed that the yeast isolates have the potential to ferment both hexose 
and pentose sugars.