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Starmer, W.T., Aberdeen, V., Lachance, MA. (2006). The Biogeographic Diversity of Cactophilic Yeasts. 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_19
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