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Polyphasic taxonomy of a novel yeast isolated from antarctic environment; description of Cryptococcus victoriae sp. nov.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Feb 1999
Montes M J, Belloch C, Galiana M, Garcia M D, Andrés C, Ferrer S, Torres-Rodriguez J M, Guinea J
Abstract excerpt
In 1992 some samples of mosses, lichens and soils were collected from Botany Bay, Southern Victoria Land (77 degrees 01' S 162 degrees 32' E) and, as a result of a routine screening programme some yeasts were isolated. One of them, designated as strain G5, showed marked differences when compared to other antarctic yeasts. According to morphological and physiological characteristics, we were able to identify the...
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