Influence of abiotic variables on culturable yeast diversity in two distinct alpine glaciers

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-340

  Turchetti, Benedetta ^a   Goretti, Marta ^a   Branda, Eva ^a   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^b   D'Agata, Carlo ^b   Smiraglia, Claudio ^b   Onofri, Andrea ^a   Buzzini, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abiotic variables; Alpine glaciers; Culturable yeast diversity; in situ enrichment; PCA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; YEAST;

ABIOTIC VARIABLES; ALPINE GLACIERS; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COLD CLIMATE; CULTURABLE YEAST DIVERSITY; FRANCE; GENETICS; ICE COVER; IN SITU ENRICHMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PCA; PHYLOGENY; YEAST;

ABIOTIC VARIABLES; ALPINE GLACIERS; CULTURABLE YEAST DIVERSITY; IN SITU ENRICHMENT; PCA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; COLD CLIMATE; FRANCE; ICE COVER; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; YEASTS;

FRANCE; GEANT GLACIER; HAUTE SAVOIE; ITALY; MIAGE GLACIER; RHONE-ALPES; VALLE D'AOSTA;

AUREOBASIDIUM; BULLEROMYCES; CANDIDA; CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM; DIOSZEGIA; GUEHOMYCES; LEUCOSPORIDIELLA; MRAKIA; SPORIDIOBOLUS;

EID: 84885959642     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12164     Document Type: Article

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