A preliminary note on yeasts associated with fecal pellets of rodents and marsupials of atlantic forest fragments in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista de Microbiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 170-173

  Abranches, Jacqueline ^a   Nóbrega, Hilda N ^a   Valente, Patrícia ^a,b   Meodonça Hagler, Leda C ^a   Hagler, Allen N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Esc Tec Federal de Quimica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Small mammals; Yeast diversity; Yeast vectors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BRAZIL; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; FECES ANALYSIS; FOREST; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PICHIA; RHODOTORULA; RODENT;

ASCOMYCOTA; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PICHIA; PICHIA MEMBRANIFACIENS; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032418975     PISSN: 00013714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37141998000300004     Document Type: Article

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