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The yeast Candida railenensis in the fruits of English oak (Quercus robur L.)

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The cotyledons of whole intact acorns were shown to contain yeasts; their number increased sharply before acorn germination. The yeasts in the cotyledons are mainly represented by one species, Candida railenensis, with the number in the germinating cotyledons reaching 107 CFU/g. After germination or exocarp destruction, the cotyledons were colonized by the usual epiphytic and litter yeasts Cryptococcus albidus, Rhodotorula glutinis, and Cystofilobasidium capitatum.

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    O. V. Isaeva, A. M. Glushakova, A. M. Yurkov & I. Yu. Chernov

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Original Russian Text © O.V. Isaeva, A.M. Glushakova, A.M. Yurkov, I.Yu. Chernov, 2009, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2009, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 399–403.

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Isaeva, O.V., Glushakova, A.M., Yurkov, A.M. et al. The yeast Candida railenensis in the fruits of English oak (Quercus robur L.). Microbiology 78, 355–359 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002626170903014X

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