The optimum nitrogen concentration for media supplementation and strain dominance are aspects of key importance to the industrial production of ethanol with a view to reducing costs and increasing yields. In this work, ...

Four strains representing a novel yeast species belonging to the genus Candida were independently isolated in Taiwan and Ecuador. Two strains (G17T and G31) were isolated in Taiwan, by pellet precipitation from plastic-bottled ...

Objetivo: Evaluar aislados de levaduras pertenecientes la Colección de Levaduras Quito Católica (CLQCA) e identificar su potencial uso como probiótico en animales son sistema digestivo monogástricos. Materiales y métodos: ...

Seven strains representing a novel yeast species belonging to the genus Kazachstania were found at several collection sites on both mainland Ecuador (Yasuní National Park) and the Galápagos (Santa Cruz Island). Two strains ...

One of the most emblematic natural regions for studies of evolution and biodiversity in the world is the Galápagos Islands, which is the inspiring environment where the naturalist Charles Darwin was moved to propose what ...

Chicha, a type of beer made mainly with maize or cassava, is a traditional fermented beverage of the Andean region. There have only been a few studies on yeasts associated with chicha fermentation, and the species diversity ...

A single strain, CLQCA-10-114, representing a novel yeast species belonging to the genus Saturnispora was isolated from the fruit of an unidentified species of bramble (Rubus sp.), collected from the Maquipucuna cloud ...

Ecuador is located between 1°N and 5°S on the west coast of South America. Although relatively small in size, mainland Ecuador can be subdivided nevertheless into three different and quite distinctive climatic regions: the ...

Five strains representing a novel yeast species belonging to the genus Wickerhamomyces were independently isolated from Ecuador, Taiwan and the USA. One strain (CLQCA 10-161T) was isolated from the white flower of an ...

This study evaluated D-xylose-assimilating yeasts that are associated with rotting wood from the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador, for xilitol production from hemicellulose hydrolysates. A total of 140 yeast strains were ...