Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology
This book presents an up-to-date review of the ecology of yeast communities in natural ecosystems. It focuses on their biological interactions, including mutualism, parasitism, commensalism and antagonistic interactions, and is closely connected with the
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ts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology
Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology
Pietro Buzzini • Marc-Andre´ Lachance • Andrey Yurkov Editors
Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology
Editors Pietro Buzzini Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences University of Perugia Perugia, Italy
Marc-Andre´ Lachance Department of Biology University of Western Ontario London, Ontario Canada
Andrey Yurkov German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures Leibniz Institute DSMZ Braunschweig, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-61574-5 ISBN 978-3-319-61575-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61575-2
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Preface
Yeasts are the smallest eukaryotic organisms. They are fungi that share the unique morphological adaptation of growing as predominantly unicellular organisms and multiplying through budding. Since their first discovery as the fermentative agent in wine and beer, yeasts have been used widely for the production of beverages, food, organic acids, enzymes, proteins, lipids, and pigments. However, unlike the domesticated yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker’s yeast), other species do have habitats in nature. Ecology explores organisms in the context of their environment. This includes the chemical, physical, and psychological properties which together describe habitats in which an organism can live. However, successful colonization and persistence in a habitat depends on other organisms and their interactions. Each species constantly modifies the environment through its own activities that make a habitat a dynamic sy
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