Candida utilis
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Candida utilis is a yeast species widely used in biotechnology and food production, particularly as a source of single-cell protein and nutritional supplements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Candida utilis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23030455 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Candida utilis Context triple: [Saccharomycotina, includes, Candida utilis]
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A.
Candida rugosa
Candida rugosa is a yeast species best known for producing industrially important lipases used in biotechnology and biocatalysis.
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B.
Candida guilliermondii
Candida guilliermondii is a yeast species known both as an opportunistic human pathogen causing candidemia and as a biotechnologically useful organism in fermentation and bioconversion processes.
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C.
Lachancea kluyveri
Lachancea kluyveri is a species of budding yeast used as a model organism in genetics and evolutionary biology, particularly for studying genome evolution and metabolic diversity.
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D.
Kluyveromyces marxianus
Kluyveromyces marxianus is a thermotolerant yeast species widely used in biotechnology for its rapid growth and ability to ferment a broad range of sugars, including lactose.
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E.
Debaryomyces hansenii
Debaryomyces hansenii is a halotolerant yeast species commonly found in salty environments and widely used in food fermentation and biotechnology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Candida utilis Target entity description: Candida utilis is a yeast species widely used in biotechnology and food production, particularly as a source of single-cell protein and nutritional supplements.
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A.
Candida rugosa
Candida rugosa is a yeast species best known for producing industrially important lipases used in biotechnology and biocatalysis.
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B.
Candida guilliermondii
Candida guilliermondii is a yeast species known both as an opportunistic human pathogen causing candidemia and as a biotechnologically useful organism in fermentation and bioconversion processes.
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C.
Lachancea kluyveri
Lachancea kluyveri is a species of budding yeast used as a model organism in genetics and evolutionary biology, particularly for studying genome evolution and metabolic diversity.
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D.
Kluyveromyces marxianus
Kluyveromyces marxianus is a thermotolerant yeast species widely used in biotechnology for its rapid growth and ability to ferment a broad range of sugars, including lactose.
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E.
Debaryomyces hansenii
Debaryomyces hansenii is a halotolerant yeast species commonly found in salty environments and widely used in food fermentation and biotechnology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.