Occurrence of yeasts in faecal samples from Antarctic and South American seabirds
2011 (English)In: Mycoses, ISSN 0933-7407, E-ISSN 1439-0507, Vol. 54, no 6, p. E811-E815Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Abstract [en]
During an expedition to the Southern Argentinean town of Ushuaia, the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Islands and the Falkland Islands, we collected 94 faecal specimens from wild birds to screen for yeast within the different bird species. The yeast species were identified by morphological features and commercial characterisation kits. From 54% of the specimens, we isolated 122 strains representing 29 yeast species. Debaryomyces hansenii, Candida lambica and Candida krusei were the most frequently isolated species. We found a plethora of yeasts in birds living in proximity to humans, whereas birds living in more remote areas were colonised with a lower number of fungal species.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2011. Vol. 54, no 6, p. E811-E815
Keywords [en]
Candida, Caracara, Debaryomyces, gull, penguin, goose
National Category
Microbiology in the medical area Ecology
Research subject
Ecology, Zoonotic Ecology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53305DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02031.xISI: 000296243700021PubMedID: 21672044Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-80053965233OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-53305DiVA, id: diva2:935296
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