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Characterization of yeast groupings in the phyllosphere of Sphagnum mosses

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Significant differences were revealed in the taxonomic structure of the epiphytic yeast communities formed on Sphagnum mosses and on the leaves of vascular plants. On mosses, low abundance of red yeasts was found (the most typical epiphytes on vascular plant leaves), along with a relatively high content and diversity of nonpigmented dimorphic basidiomycetes related to the order Leucosporidiales. The species composition of epiphytic yeasts from mosses is different from that of both forest and meadow grasses and of the parts of vascular plants submerged in the turf. The specific composition of the Sphagnum mosses yeast community is probably determined by the biochemical characteristics of this environment, rather than by the hydrothermal regime in the turf.

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    A. V. Kachalkin, A. M. Glushakova, A. M. Yurkov & I. Yu. Chernov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Kachalkin, A.M. Glushakova, A.M. Yurkov, I.Yu. Chernov, 2008, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2008, Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 533–541.

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Kachalkin, A.V., Glushakova, A.M., Yurkov, A.M. et al. Characterization of yeast groupings in the phyllosphere of Sphagnum mosses. Microbiology 77, 474–481 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261708040140

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