Identity and biodegradative abilities of yeasts isolated from plants growing in an arid climate

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-89

  Middelhoven, Wouter J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerinosterus cyanescens; Cryptococcus; Debaryomyces hansenii; Hormonema; Hortaea werneckii; Phyllosphere yeasts; Pseudozyma; Rhodotorula; Yeast ecology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BENZENE; COUMARIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSE; LIPID; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NUCLEIC ACID; PECTIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN; TANNIN; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CLIMATE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CUTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHODOTORULA; SPAIN; YEAST;

AMINO ACIDS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BENZENE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULOSE; DESERT CLIMATE; LIPID METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SPAIN;

ASCOMYCOTA; CERINOSTERUS; CERINOSTERUS CYANESCENS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SP.; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; HORMONEMA; HORTAEA WERNECKII; PSEUDOZYMA;

EID: 0030846027     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000295822074     Document Type: Article

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