Environmental Yeast Abundance and Diversity Assessment in Recreation Areas of Bangkok, Thailand.

ABSTRACT: The diversity of environmental yeast communities is underestimated in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Numerous studies demonstrated that human activity can alter the yeast diversity and increase pathogenic yeast proportions, indicating that people who frequently visit those areas are at risk of being infected. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the abundance and diversity of yeasts obtained from recreation areas in Bangkok. In this study, 158 soil and water samples were collected from 12 public parks. The analysis of the yeast communities revealed different patterns among recreation areas. Moreover, we aimed to identify yeasts using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. Yeast isolates were identified into 22 genera, with Candida being the most common. Although the

SUBMITTER: Singkum P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12539370 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature