Table 3.
Yeast species isolated from different sources in Antarctica.
| Identification | Origin of isolates | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A(n=21)a | B(n=l) | C(n=7) | D(n=l) | E(n=3) | F(n=6) | G(n=l) | H(n=l) | I(n=4) | J(n=2) | K(n=2) | L(n=3) | M(n=ll) | N(n=5) | |
| Aureobasidium pullulans | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bensingtonia yamatoana | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candida glaebosa | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| C. sake | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C. spencermartinsiae | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| C. zeylanoides | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cryptococcus antarcticus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cr. victoriae | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Debaryomyces hansenii | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dioszegia aurantiaca | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D. crocea | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D. hungarica | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dioszegia sp. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Exophiala xenobiotica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Filobasidium sp. | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Issatchenkia (Pichia) orientalis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Kodamaea ohmeri | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Leuconeurospora sp. | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leucosporidiella creatinivora | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| L. fragaria | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L. muscorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leucosporidium scottii | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Metschnikowia australis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Microglossum sp.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Microglossum sp. 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Nadsonia commutate | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pichia guilliermondii | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Rhodotorula glacialis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rh. laryngis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Rh. mucilaginosa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Sporidiobolus salmonicolor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total of isolates | 26 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
a
A. Rhizosphere of Deschampsia antarctica Desv. (Poaceae); B. Ornithogenic soil (Demay point); C. Ornithogenic soil (Chabrie Rock); D. Soil (Cmte Ferraz Brazilian Station); E. Soil (Ulmann point); F. Soil (Henry Arctowisky Station); G. Soil (Botany point); H. Lake sediment (Port Foster, Deception Island); I. Marine sediment (Machu Picchu Station); J. Lake sediment (Copacabana United States Refuge); K. Seawater (Botany point); L. Seawater (Ulmann point); M. Freshwater (Copacabana United States Refuge); N. Freshwater (Machu Picchu Station); n= number of samples