Mycocinogenic yeasts isolated from amazon soils of the maracá ecological station, Roraima-Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 230-235

  Salgado Vital, Marcos José ^a,b   Abranches, Jacqueline ^b   Hagler, Allen Norton ^b   Mendonça Hagler, Lêda Cristina ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RORAIMA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Issatchenkia; Killer yeasts; Mycocins; Saccharomyces; Tropical soil; Williopsis

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ETCHELLSII; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; ISSATCHENKIA; PICHIA MEMBRANIFACIENS; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; RHODOTORULA MINUTA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES EXIGUUS; WILLIOPSIS; WILLIOPSIS SATURNUS VAR. SUBSUFFICIENS;

EID: 19944385983     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822002000300008     Document Type: Article

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