| identity and biodegradative abilities of yeasts isolated from plants growing in an arid climate. | plants harvested in the canary islands lanzarote and fuerteventura were analyzed for the yeasts inhabiting their surface. half of the isolates (22 out of 44) were identified as debaryomyces hansenii. black ascomycetes, viz. hortaea werneckii and two hormonema species were represented by 7 strains. basidiomycetous yeasts, viz. cryptococcus sp. (8 strains), rhodotorula sp. (5 strains), cerinosterus cyanescens (1 strain) and pseudozyma sp. (1 strain) constituted a minority of 33%. thirty strains we ... | 1997 | 9298186 |