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Corrigendum to “Candida theae sp. nov., a new anamorphic beverage-associated member of the Lodderomyces clade” [Int. J. Food Microbiol. 153 (2012) 10–14]

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Corrigendum to Candida theae sp. nov., a new anamorphic beverage-associated
member of the Lodderomyces clade
[Int. J. Food Microbiol. 153 (2012) 1014]
Chin-Feng Chang
a
, Yu-Ching Lin
a
, Shan-Fu Chen
b
, Enrique Javier Carvajal Barriga
c
,
Patricia Portero Barahona
c
, Stephen A. James
d
, Christopher J. Bond
d
, Ian N. Roberts
d
, Ching-Fu Lee
a,
a
Department of Applied Science, National Hsinchu University of Education, 521 Nanda Road, Hsinchu 30014, Taiwan
b
Department of Hospitality Management, Chu Hwa University of Medical Technology, 91 Wenhua 1st Street, Zender, Tainan, 717 Taiwan
c
Colección de Levaduras Quito Catolica (CLQCA), Centro Neotropical para Investigación de la Biomasa, Ponticia Universidad Católica del Ecuador,
Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Quito, Ecuador
d
National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC), Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK
The author regrets that during the publication of the above article, the co-author, Enrique Javier Carvajal Barriga's name was spelled
incorrectly.
The amended author' list is reproduced correctly above.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 156 (2012) 186
DOI of original article: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.09.012.
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E-mail address:leecf@mail.nhcue.edu.tw (C.-F. Lee).
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