Open AccessPresence of clinically significant endophytic yeasts in agricultural crops: monitoring and ecological safety assessment
Author(s) -
А. В. Качалкин,
А. М. Глушакова,
A. S. Venzhik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/723/4/042005
Subject(s) - candida parapsilosis , agriculture , biology , plant use of endophytic fungi in defense , abundance (ecology) , human health , toxicology , environmental health , ecology , antifungal , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology
Endophytic yeasts from internal tissues of 54 names of nuts and vegetables from 36 countries were studied. In total, 74 species of yeasts were isolated from analysed agricultural crops. The study revealed high values of occurrence and abundance of clinically significant yeasts Candida parapsilosis and Meyerozyma guilliermondii in some internal tissues that may pose a potential threat to human health, primarily for immunocompromised individuals.