Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Diversity

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This book focuses on the diversity of yeasts in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, including the association of yeasts with insects, invertebrate and vertebrate animals. It offers an overview of the knowledge accumulated in the course of more than 60 years of research and is closely connected with the volume Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology by the same editors. In view of the rapid decline of many natural habitats due to anthropogenic activities and climate change, the need to study biodiversity is pressing. Rising temperatures threaten species inhabiting cold and aquatic environments, and species in terrestrial ecosystems are endangered by habitat fragmentation or loss. Most of our knowledge of intrinsic properties (autoecology) of yeasts reported throughout this book is derived from laboratory experiments with pure cultures. Accordingly, the importance of culture collections for ecological studies is highlighted by presenting an overview of worldwide available yeast strains and their origins. All of the chapters were written by leading international yeast research experts, and will appeal to researchers and advanced students in the field of microbial diversity. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Yeasts in Continental and Seawater (Diego Libkind, Pietro Buzzini, Benedetta Turchetti, Carlos A. Rosa)....Pages 1-61 Yeasts in Aquatic Ecotone Habitats (Allen N. Hagler, Leda C. Mendonça-Hagler, Fernando C. Pagnocca)....Pages 63-85 Yeasts in Forest Soils (Andrey Yurkov)....Pages 87-116 Yeasts in Agricultural and Managed Soils (Renáta Vadkertiová, Hana Dudášová, Marta Balaščáková)....Pages 117-144 Yeast in Anthropogenic and Polluted Environments (Monika Novak Babič, Jerneja Zupančič, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Polona Zalar)....Pages 145-169 Phylloplane Yeasts in Temperate Climates (Martin Kemler, Frederick Witfeld, Dominik Begerow, Andrey Yurkov)....Pages 171-197 Phylloplane Yeasts in Tropical Climates (Savitree Limtong, Rujikan Nasanit)....Pages 199-223 Yeasts in Cacti and Tropical Fruit (Philip F. Ganter, Paula B. Morais, Carlos A. Rosa)....Pages 225-264 Yeasts Associated with Decomposing Plant Material and Rotting Wood (Raquel M. Cadete, Mariana R. Lopes, Carlos A. Rosa)....Pages 265-292 Yeasts in Hypersaline Habitats (Janja Zajc, Polona Zalar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman)....Pages 293-329 Yeasts in Polar and Subpolar Habitats (Pietro Buzzini, Martina Turk, Laura Perini, Benedetta Turchetti, Nina Gunde-Cimerman)....Pages 331-365 Yeasts in Nonpolar Cold Habitats (Ciro Sannino, Giorgia Tasselli, Sara Filippucci, Benedetta Turchetti, Pietro Buzzini)....Pages 367-396 Yeasts in Insects and Other Invertebrates (Meredith Blackwell)....Pages 397-433 Yeasts in Birds (Giancarlo Moschetti, Antonio Alfonzo, Nicola Francesca)....Pages 435-454 Census of Yeasts Isolated from Natural Ecosystem and Conserved in Worldwide Collections (Marizeth Groenewald, Kyria Boundy-Mills, Neža Čadež, Rikiya Endoh, Sasitorn Jindamorakot, Carolina Pohl-Albertyn et al.)....Pages 455-476 Back Matter ....Pages 477-499