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About 650 yeast species (Saccharomycetes) are known from Earth's habitats, including plant materials, the bodies of animals, and soils. This site presents keys, descriptions and images for over 150 taxa of yeasts that were isolated from the gut and habitat of beetles associated with basidiocarps. Yeasts from the gut of 23 families of beetles and beetle frass and mushrooms are included. Several newly discovered yeast clades are associated exclusively with insects.
This research was funded by the NSF Biotic Surveys and Inventories (NSF BSI 0072741). Participants: Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

This application developed and maintained by the Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory,
Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

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