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Yeast Biodiversity: How Many and How Much?

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Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5B7

    Marc-André Lachance

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  1. Faculty of Food Sciences National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Somloi Ăºt 14-16, H-1118, Budapest, Hungary

    GĂ¡bor PĂ©ter

  2. Departmento de Microbiologia ICB, CP 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Carlos Rosa

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Lachance, MA. (2006). Yeast Biodiversity: How Many and How Much?. In: PĂ©ter, G., Rosa, C. (eds) Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts. The Yeast Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30985-3_1

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