Isolation of marine yeasts from coastal waters of northeastern Taiwan

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AB Aquatic Biology Contact the journal Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections AB 8:55-60 (2009) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00207 Isolation of marine yeasts from coastal waters of northeastern Taiwan Yi-Sheng Chen1,*, Fujitoshi Yanagida2, Liang-Yu Chen1 1Department of Biotechnology, Ming Chuan University, No. 5 De-Ming Rd., Gui-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan 2The Institute of Enology and Viticulture, Yamanashi University, 1-13-1 Kitashin, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-0005, Japan *Email: yisheng@mail.mcu.edu.tw ABSTRACT: Twelve seawater samples were collected from the coastal marine waters of northeastern Taiwan, and 109 yeast cultures were isolated from the samples. Isolates were first classified by phenotype and then into 9 groups according to restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and the sequencing of 5.8S-ITS ribosomal DNA. The results showed that Candida tropicalis was the most frequently recovered yeast found in the coastal waters of northeastern Taiwan. Other species found in this study included C. glabrata, Saccharomyces yakushimaensis, Kazachstania jiainicus, Kodamaea ohmeri, Pichia anomala, Issatchenkia orientalis, and Hanseniaspora uvarum. The biodiversity of yeast species was determined from the south to north of the northeastern coastal waters. KEY WORDS: Marine yeasts . Candida tropicalis . Taiwan Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Chen YS, Yanagida F, Chen LY (2009) Isolation of marine yeasts from coastal waters of northeastern Taiwan. Aquat Biol 8:55-60. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00207 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in AB Vol. 8, No. 1. Online publication date: December 28, 2009 Print ISSN: 1864-7782; Online ISSN: 1864-7790 Copyright © 2009 Inter-Research.