A preliminary note on yeasts associated with fecal pellets of rodents and marsupials of Atlantic forest fragments in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Authors
Abranches, J Nobrega, HN Valente, P Mendonca-Hagler, LC Hagler, AN
Citation
J. Abranches et al., A preliminary note on yeasts associated with fecal pellets of rodents and marsupials of Atlantic forest fragments in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, REV MICROB, 29(3), 1998, pp. 170-173
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
REVISTA DE MICROBIOLOGIA
ISSN journal
00013714 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
170 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-3714(199807/09)29:3<170:APNOYA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Yeasts had mean counts of above 10(6) CFU/g in the fecal pellets of small m ammals from tropical forest fragments. Most of the 55 species isolated were fermentative ascomycetes, with the most frequent being Debaryomyces hansen ii, Pichia membranifaciens and Issatchenkia orientalis, whereas Rhodotorula mucilanginosa was the most frequent yeast of basidiomycetous affinity.