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Mark R. Mikluscak, Benjamin E. Dawson-Andoh

Microbial colonizers of freshly sawn yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) lumber in two seasons. Part 3: Yeasts

Keywords: biological control, Candida spp, hardwoods, Liriodendron tulipifera L, microbial colonizers, microbial ecology, microorganisms, wood discoloration, yeasts, yellow poplar

This is the final report on a study that examined the occurrence of three types of microorganisms (fungi, bacteria, and yeasts) on dead-stacked green yellow-poplar lumber in spring and summer of 2000. This paper reports on the abundance, identities, and diversity of yeasts isolated during the first 60 days of storage of the lumber immediately after sawing in each season. Yeasts made up 16% of the total microbial isolates (log_n cfu g^?1) in the entire study. The predominant yeast isolate was Trichosporon cutaneum, which accounted for 42% of all the yeasts identified. A great variety of yeast species belonging to the genus Candida were present and included C. steatolytica, C. sphaerica, C. humicola, C. incommunis, C. montana, and C. kefyr.

Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0018-3830
Volume: 59, 05/2005
Pages: 364 - 369

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