Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica
© 2016, Springer Japan. The study of the yeasts that inhabit cold environments, such as Antarctica, is an active field of investigation oriented toward understanding their ecological roles in these ecosystems. In a great part, the interest in cold-adapted yeasts is due to several industrial and biot...
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ftunivchile:oai:repositorio.uchile.cl:2250/155494 2023-05-15T13:41:41+02:00 Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica Barahona, Salvador Yuivar, Yassef Socias, Gabriel Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor Baeza Cancino, Marcelo 2016 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-016-0838-6 https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/155494 en eng Springer Tokyo Extremophiles, Volumen 20, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 479-491 14334909 14310651 doi:10.1007/s00792-016-0838-6 https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/155494 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ CC-BY-NC-ND Extremophiles Carotenoids Cold-active enzymes Mycosporines Psychrotolerant yeasts Union Glacier Artículo de revista 2016 ftunivchile https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-016-0838-6 2023-01-22T01:07:30Z © 2016, Springer Japan. The study of the yeasts that inhabit cold environments, such as Antarctica, is an active field of investigation oriented toward understanding their ecological roles in these ecosystems. In a great part, the interest in cold-adapted yeasts is due to several industrial and biotechnological applications that have been described for them. The aim of this work was to isolate and identify yeasts from sedimentary rock samples collected at the Union Glacier, Antarctica. Furthermore, the yeasts were physiologically characterized, including the production of metabolites of biotechnological interest. The yeasts isolated that were identified at the molecular level belonged to genera Collophora (1 isolate), Cryptococcus (2 isolates), Sporidiobolus (4 isolates), Sporobolomyces (1 isolate) and Torrubiella (2 isolates). The majority of yeasts were basidiomycetous and psychrotolerant. By cross-test assays for anti-yeast activity, it was determined that Collophora sp., Sporidiobo Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Union Glacier Universidad de Chile: Repositorio académico Union Glacier ENVELOPE(-82.500,-82.500,-79.750,-79.750) Extremophiles 20 4 479 491 |
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© 2016, Springer Japan. The study of the yeasts that inhabit cold environments, such as Antarctica, is an active field of investigation oriented toward understanding their ecological roles in these ecosystems. In a great part, the interest in cold-adapted yeasts is due to several industrial and biotechnological applications that have been described for them. The aim of this work was to isolate and identify yeasts from sedimentary rock samples collected at the Union Glacier, Antarctica. Furthermore, the yeasts were physiologically characterized, including the production of metabolites of biotechnological interest. The yeasts isolated that were identified at the molecular level belonged to genera Collophora (1 isolate), Cryptococcus (2 isolates), Sporidiobolus (4 isolates), Sporobolomyces (1 isolate) and Torrubiella (2 isolates). The majority of yeasts were basidiomycetous and psychrotolerant. By cross-test assays for anti-yeast activity, it was determined that Collophora sp., Sporidiobo |
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Barahona, Salvador Yuivar, Yassef Socias, Gabriel Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor Baeza Cancino, Marcelo |
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Barahona, Salvador Yuivar, Yassef Socias, Gabriel Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor Baeza Cancino, Marcelo |
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Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica |
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Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica |
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Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica |
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Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica |
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Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica |
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identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of union glacier at the antarctica |
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