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Yeast communities associated with cacti in Brazil and the description of Kluyveromyces starmeri sp. nov. based on phylogenomic analyses.
Yeast (Chichester, England) - 1 Dec 2020
Freitas Larissa F D, Batista Thiago M, Santos Ana R O, Hilário Heron O, Moreira Rennan G, Franco Glória R, Morais Paula B, Lachance Marc-André, Rosa Carlos A
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Yeast communities associated with cacti were studied in three ecosystems of Southeast, Central and North Brazil. A total of 473 yeast strains belonging to 72 species were isolated from 190 samples collected. Cactophilic yeast species were prevalent in necrotic tissues, flowers, fruits and insects of cacti collected in Southeast and North Brazil. Pichia cactophila, Candida sonorensis and species of the...
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