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Seasonal occurrence of yeasts and yeast-like organisms in the river Danube

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One hundred and seventy yeast strains belonging to 14 genera and 29 species were isolated from 112 water samples of the river Danube in the area of Bratislava. The samples were collected through the year from April to March.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida maltosa, Aureobasidium pullulans, Cystofilobasidium capitatum, Rhodotorula glutinis, Geotrichum candidum, and Candida krusei were the most frequent. The basidiomycetous yeasts and yeast-like organisms with oxidative metabolism were present in approximately equal numbers to those with fermentative metabolism. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was the dominant yeast and was isolated from 50% of all samples examined and represented approximately one quarter of the yeast community.

Yeast densities ranged from 100 to 21,100 CFU per litre. The highest population density was observed in October. Cryptococcus albidus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rhodotorula glutinis, and Aureobasidium pullulans formed the main part of the yeast population in this month.

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    Elena Sláviková & Renáta Vadkertiová

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Sláviková, E., Vadkertiová, R. Seasonal occurrence of yeasts and yeast-like organisms in the river Danube. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 72, 77–80 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000287005253

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