Yeasts in Hevea brasiliensis latex
- Authors: Glushakova A.M.1, Kachalkin A.V.1, Maksimova I.A.1, Chernov I.Y.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
- Issue: Vol 85, No 4 (2016)
- Pages: 488-492
- Section: Experimental Articles
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/0026-2617/article/view/162739
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S002626171604007X
- ID: 162739
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Abstract
Yeast abundance and species diversity in the latex of rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Juss.) Müll. Arg., on its green leaves, and in soil below the plant were studied. The yeasts present in the fresh latex in numbers of up to 5.5 log(CFU/g) were almost exclusively represented by the species Candida heveicola. This species was previously isolated from Hevea latex in China. In the course of natural modification of the latex (turned from liquid to solid form), yeast diversity increased, while yeast abundance decreased. The yeasts in thickened and solidified latex were represented by typical epiphytic and ubiquitous species: Kodamea ohmeri, Debaryomyces hansenii, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, and synanthropic species Candida parapsilosis and Cutaneotrichosporon arboriformis. The role of yeasts in latex modification at the initial stages of succession and their probable role in development of antifungal activity in the latex are discussed.
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About the authors
A. M. Glushakova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: kachalkin_a@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
A. V. Kachalkin
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: kachalkin_a@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
I. A. Maksimova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: kachalkin_a@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
I. Yu. Chernov
Lomonosov Moscow State University; Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Email: kachalkin_a@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow
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