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Yeasts

Ecology in Northwest Argentina

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Environmental Microbiology

Part of the book series: Methods in Biotechnology ((MIBT,volume 16))

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Abstract

Yeast ecology, biogeography, and biodiversity are important and interesting topics of research. The ecology of yeasts is valuable especially for its practical value and as the fundamental basis of their evolution. New species of yeast are formed due to selection pressures exerted by the environment, and observation of the similarities and differences among the yeasts found in a particular environment can assist the investigator to see species formation as it happens (1,2).

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    Lucía I. C. de Figueroa, M. Alejandra Martínez & John F. T. Spencer

  2. Facultad de Bioquimica, Quimica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina

    Lucía I. C. de Figueroa

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de Figueroa, L.I.C., Martínez, M.A., Spencer, J.F.T. (2004). Yeasts. In: Walker, J.M., Spencer, J.F.T., Ragout de Spencer, A.L. (eds) Environmental Microbiology. Methods in Biotechnology, vol 16. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-765-3:083

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