Isolation of oligotrophic yeasts from supraglacial environments of different altitude on the Gulkana Glacier (Alaska)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-286

  Uetake, Jun ^a,b   Yoshimura, Yoshitaka ^c   Nagatsuka, Naoko ^d   Kanda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glacier; Oligotrophic; Psychrophilic; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGA; ALTITUDE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MELTWATER; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; YEAST;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RHODOTORULA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ALTITUDE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; ICE COVER; PHYLOGENY; RHODOTORULA;

ALASKA; GULKANA GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; RHODOTORULA (AGARICOSTILBOMYCETIDAE); RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); RHODOTORULA (MICROBOTRYOMYCETIDAE); RHODOTORULA (MICROBOTRYUM CLADE); RHODOTORULA (MICROSTROMATALES); RHODOTORULA (SPORIDIOBOLACEAE); RHODOTORULA (USTILAGINALES);

EID: 84867738175     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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