Extensive Diversity and Prevalent Fluconazole Resistance among Environmental Yeasts from Tropical China.

ABSTRACT: Yeasts play important roles in both the environment and in human welfare. While some environmental yeasts positively contribute to nutrient cycling and food production, a significant number of yeast species are opportunistic human pathogens, including several that are tolerant/resistant to commonly used antifungal drugs. At present, most of our understanding of environmental yeasts has come from a few terrestrial environments in selected geographic regions. Relatively little is known about yeast diversity in tropical environments and their potential impacts on human health. Here, we characterize culturable yeasts in 968 environmental samples from eight regions in tropical China. Among the 516 soil, 273 freshwater, and 179 seawater samples, 71.5%, 85.7%, and 43.6% contained yeasts, respecti

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954247 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature