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    Paula B. Morais

  2. Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, CEIS, C.P. 199, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil

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  3. Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Carlos A. Rosa

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Morais, P.B., Pagnocca, F.C., Rosa, C.A. (2006). Yeast Communities in Tropical Rain Forests in Brazil and other South American Ecosystems. In: Péter, G., Rosa, C. (eds) Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts. The Yeast Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30985-3_18

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