Maudiozyma humilis

Maudiozyma humilis (prev. Candida humilis) is a species of yeast in the genus Maudiozyma.^[3] It commonly occurs in sourdough and kefir cultures, along with different species of lactic acid bacteria (e.g., Limosilactobacillus fermentum, Companilactobacillus paralimentarius, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, and Fructilactobacillus sanfranciscensis).^[4][5][6] M. humilis is the most representative yeast species found in type I sourdough ecosystems. The effects of electric field strength, pulse width and frequency, or pulse shape is significant on the membranes of Maudiozyma humilis, but not very noticeable.^[7]

Maudiozyma humilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:	Maudiozyma
Species:	M. humilis
Binomial name
Maudiozyma humilis (E.E. Nel & Van der Walt) Q.M. Wang, Yurkov & Boekhout, 2024
Synonyms[1]
Torulopsis humilis E.E.Nel & Van der Walt (1968) Torulopsis acidi-lactici Nakase, Komag. & Konishi (1977) Candida milleri Yarrow (1978)[2]

M. humilis was separated from C. milleri in The Yeasts (fifth edition) in September 2016,^[8] although this is not universally accepted and they are still considered synonymous.