Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Buzzini, Pietro (Editor), Lachance, Marc-André (Editor), Yurkov, Andrey (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

This book presents an up-to-date review of the ecology of yeast communities in natural ecosystems. It focuses on their biological interactions, including mutualism, parasitism, commensalism and antagonistic interactions, and is closely connected with the volume Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Diversit...

Table of Contents:

• Yeasts as Distinct Life Forms of Fungi
• Yeast Habitats: Different but Global.-Yeast Community Composition and Structure
• Temporal and Geographic Patterns in Yeast Distribution
• Biogeography and Ecology of the Genus Saccharomyces
• Mutualism in Yeasts
• Parasitism in Yeasts
• Commensalism: the Case of the Human Zymobiome
• Antagonistic Interactions and Killer Yeasts.