I Lieviti delle salamoie delle olive da mensa

Pickled table-olives (Tonda variety) were obtained from Dolianova Cooperative (CA). From 11 samples examined, 110 yeast strains were isolated as follows: 65 ofCandida boidinii(90,91 % frequency); 2 ofCandida diddensiae(9,10% frequency); 30 ofCandida krusei(72,73% frequency); 1 ofCryptococcus infirmo-miniatus(9,10% frequency); 1 ofHansenula anomala(9,10% frequency); 6 ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaevar.cerevisiae(9,10% frequency); 3 ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaevaroleaceus(18,18% frequency); 2 ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaevar.uvarum(9,10% frequency). Since all the species found, exceptCryptococcus infirmo-miniatus, are capable of fermenting at least glucose, they are probably involved in the pickle microfloral complex responsible for the table-olive fermentation.