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The ecological role of killer yeasts in natural communities of yeasts.
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The killer phenomenon of yeasts was investigated in naturally occurring yeast communities and genetic study of the killer yeast P. kluyveri indicates that the mode of inheritance of killer toxin production is nuclear and not cytoplasmic as is found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces lactis.Abstract:
The killer phenomenon of yeasts was investigated in naturally occurring yeast communities. Yeast species from communities associated with the decaying stems and fruits of cactus and the slime fluxe...read more
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Chemical warfare between microbes promotes biodiversity
TL;DR: It is suggested that antibiotic interactions within microbial communities may be very effective in maintaining diversity, based on a spatially explicit game theoretical model with multiply cyclic dominance structures.
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Handbook of Food Spoilage Yeasts
TL;DR: Characteristics and Properties of Foodborne Yeasts Morphological and Physiological Characteristics Biochemical Characteristics Molecular Characteristics Classification of Yeasts Traditional Classification Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogeny Current Classification ofYeasts Overview of Selected Yeast Taxa Ecology.
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Yeast killer systems.
TL;DR: In this review, the biology, ecology, epidemiology, therapeutics, serology, and idiotypy of yeast killer systems are discussed.
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The viral killer system in yeast: from molecular biology to application.
Manfred J. Schmitt,Frank Breinig +1 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the receptor-mediated mode of toxin action proved to be an effective means for dissecting the molecular structure and in vivo assembly of yeast and fungal cell walls, providing important insights relevant to combating infections by human pathogenic yeasts.
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Why yeast cells can undergo apoptosis: death in times of peace, love, and war
Sabrina Büttner,Tobias Eisenberg,Eva Herker,Didac Carmona-Gutierrez,Guido Kroemer,Frank Madeo +5 more
TL;DR: Yeast apoptosis during aging, mating, or exposure to killer toxins is described, underscoring the evolutionary benefit of a cell suicide program in yeast and, thus, giving a unicellular organism causes to die for.
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Pattern and Process in Competition
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the development of competition theory, which has traditionally included three stages: inferences drawn from observation of natural populations, construction of mathematical models, and laboratory experiments designed to test elements of competitive interactions in controlled environments.
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Chapter II – Methods for the isolation, maintenance, classification and identification of yeasts
J.P. van der Walt,D. Yarrow +1 more
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Studies on the nature of the killer factor produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
D. R. Woods,E. A. Bevan +1 more
TL;DR: Killer strains of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, liberate a killer factor into the medium which kills senstive yeast strains, an unstable macromolecular protein which is inactivated by papain.
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Isolation and characterization of linear deoxyribonucleic acid plasmids from Kluyveromyces lactis and the plasmid-associated killer character.
TL;DR: Two linear deoxyribonucleic acid plasmids were isolated from the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis IFO 1267 and a single chromosomal gene was found which was responsible for the resistance to the K. lactis killer.
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A comparison of the killer character in different yeasts and its classification.
T. W. Young,M. Yagiu +1 more
TL;DR: The killer character of the 3 killing groups of Saccharomyces identified could be cured by treatment with cycloheximide or incubation at elevated temperature and the effectiveness of these procedures was indicative of the category of killer yeast examined.
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