A novel ascosporogenous yeast species, Zygosaccharomyces siamensis, and the sugar tolerant yeasts associated with raw honey collected in Thailand

• Main Authors: Saksinchai S., Suzuki M., Chantawannakul P., Ohkuma M., Lumyong S.
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863116172&partnerID=40&md5=9bfee8fe76f87d1e137c9c0b5988a900; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/6879
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Diversity of yeasts in association with bees and their food sources has been explored during the last decade. In Thailand, there has been no study of yeast identification in honey and bees. Hence, a total of 186 yeast strains were isolated from 37 honey samples of 12 different bee species. On the ba...