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Yeasts and Yeast-Like Fungi Associated with Tree Bark: Diversity and Identification of Yeasts Producing Extracellular Endoxylanases

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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 Clavispora, Debaryomyces, Kluyveromyces, Hanseniaspora, Issatchenkia, Lodderomyces, Kodamaea, Metschnikowia, and Torulaspora. The predominant genera in the basidiomycetous yeasts were Cryptococcus (48.6%), Rhodotorula (29%), and Rhodosporidium (12.1%). The yeast-like fungi were represented by Aureobasidium pullulans (6.7%) and Lecythophora hoffmanii (0.8%). Of the 239 yeast strains tested for Xylanase, only five strains of Aureobasidium sp. produced xylanase on xylan-agar medium. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight analysis and N-terminal amino-acid sequence of the xylanase of isolate YS67 showed high similarity with endo-1-4-β-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) of Aureobasidium pullulans var. melanigenum.

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The yeast strains were isolated as part of a project funded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India (S. S.) to characterize methylotrophic yeasts from the environment. We are also thankful to C. Kurtzman of Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (Peoria, IL) for providing type strains for the study.

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    Bhaskar Bhadra, R. Sreenivas Rao, Pavan K. Singh & Sisinthy Shivaji

  2. Shantha Biotechnics Limited, 4, Medchal, 501401, Hyderabad, India

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Bhadra, B., Rao, R.S., Singh, P.K. et al. Yeasts and Yeast-Like Fungi Associated with Tree Bark: Diversity and Identification of Yeasts Producing Extracellular Endoxylanases. Curr Microbiol 56, 489–494 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-008-9108-x

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