| yeasts associated with the curculionid beetle xyloterinus politus: candida xyloterini sp. nov., candida palmyrensis sp. nov. and three common ambrosia yeasts. | seven yeast strains were isolated from the body surface and galleries of xyloterinus politus, the ambrosia beetle that attacks black oak trees. based on rdna sequence comparisons and other taxonomic characteristics, five of the strains were identified as members of the species saccharomycopsis microspora, wickerhamomyces hampshirensis and candida mycetangii, which have been reported previously as being associated with insects. the remaining two yeast strains were proposed as representatives of t ... | 2010 | 19734291 |