Table 1.
Occurrence and frequencies of yeast species in surfaces (plastron) and mouth of Podocnemis expansa and P. unifilis.
| Yeast species | P. expansa | P. unifilis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plastron (n = 38)1 | Mouth (n = 38) | Plastron (n = 22) | Mouth (n = 22) | (n = 120) | |
| Candida boidinii | 12 (2)3 | 1 (0,8) | |||
| C. galli | 10 (20) | 1 (5,5) | 3 (12,5) | 14 (11,5) | |
| C. guilliermondii | 1 (2) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| C. maris | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 2 (1,6) | ||
| C. melibiosica | 1 (2) | 2 (11) | 3 (2,4) | ||
| C. palmioleophila | 1 (5,5) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| C. parapsilosis | 2 (6,6) | 2 (1,6) | |||
| C. sake | 4 (8) | 1 (5,5) | 3 (12,5) | 5 (16,6) | 13 (10,6) |
| C. silvicultrix | 2 (11) | 2 (1,6) | |||
| C. tenuis | 1 (2) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| C. tepae | 1 (5,5) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| Cryptococcus albidus | 1 (3,3) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| C. laurentii | 4 (13) | 4 (3,2) | |||
| C. podzolicus | 1 (4) | 2 (6,6) | 3 (2,4) | ||
| Debaryomyces hansenii | 1 (2) | 6 (33) | 5 (20,8) | 5 (16,6) | 17 (13,9) |
| D. vanrijae | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 2 (1,6) | ||
| D. occidentalis var.occidentalis | 1 (5,5) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| Filobasidium floriforme | 1 (3,3) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| Kluyveromyces wickerhamii | 1 (4) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| Pichia anomala | 3 (6) | 3 (2,4) | |||
| P. guilliermondii | 5 (10) | 4 | 1 (3,3) | 10 (8) | |
| P. inositovora | 1 (4) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| P. membranifaciens | 1 (3,3) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| P. pastoris | 1 (2) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| P. sydowiorum | 1 (4) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| P. tannicola | 3 (6) | 3 (16,6) | 3 (10) | 9 (7,3) | |
| P. wickerhamii | 1 (3,3) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| Prototheca moriformis | 1 (2) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| P. ulmea | 2 | 2 (1,6) | |||
| Pseudozyma aphidis | 1 (2) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| Pseudozyma prolifica | 1 (2) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| Rhodotorula acuta | 1 (4) | 1 (0,8) | |||
| R. mucilaginosa | 10 (20) | 1 (4) | 3 (10) | 14 (11,5) | |
| R. ulmea | 2 (4) | 1 (3,3) | 3 (2,4) | ||
| Trichosporon asahii | 1 (4) | 1 (0,8) | |||
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| TOTAL | 50 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 121 |
1Number of samples. 2Number of samples positive for the presence of the yeast species. 3Frequency is expressed in percentage as the proportion of one yeast species in relation to the total number of individuals in the sample: p i = n i/N, where n i: number of individuals of species i and N: total number of individuals.