Insights into the ecology of Schizosaccharomyces species in natural and artificial habitats.

ABSTRACT: The fission yeast genus Schizosaccharomyces contains important model organisms for biological research. In particular, S. pombe is a widely used model eukaryote. So far little is known about the natural and artificial habitats of species in this genus. Finding out where S. pombe and other fission yeast species occur and how they live in their habitats can promote better understanding of their biology. Here we investigate in which substrates S. pombe, S. octosporus, S. osmophilus and S. japonicus are present. To this end about 2100 samples consisting of soil, tree sap fluxes, fresh fruit, dried fruit, honey, cacao beans, molasses and other substrates were analyzed. Effective isolation methods that allow efficient isolation of the above mentioned species were developed. Based on the frequenc

SUBMITTER: Brysch-Herzberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9007792 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature