Yeast diversity in the acidic Rio Agrio-Lake Caviahue volcanic environment (Patagonia, Argentina)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-424

  Russo, Gabriel ^a   Libkind, Diego ^a   Sampaio, José P ^b   Van Broock, Maria R ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acidic aquatic environments; Acidophilic yeasts; Biodiversity; Extreme environments

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ACIDOPHILY; ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PH; SPECIALIST; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; YEAST;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; SPAIN; YEAST;

AGRIO RIVER [NEUQUEN]; ARGENTINA; LAKE CAVIAHUE; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA;

RHODOSPORIDIUM TORULOIDES; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 49249086257     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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