yeasts and yeast-like fungi associated with tree bark: diversity and identification of yeasts producing extracellular endoxylanases. | a total of 239 yeast strains was isolated from 52 tree bark samples of the medaram and srisailam forest areas of andhra pradesh, india. based on analysis of d1/d2 domain sequence of 26s rrna gene, 114 strains were identified as ascomycetous; 107 strains were identified as basidiomycetous yeasts; and 18 strains were identified as yeast-like fungi. among the ascomycetous yeasts, 51% were identified as members of the genus pichia, and the remaining 49% included species belonging to the genera clavi ... | 2008 | 18219522 |