Pioneering studies performed in the nineteenth century demonstrated that yeasts are
present in below‐ground sources. Soils were regarded more as a reservoir for yeasts that …

Most reviews on the microbial ecology of soil barely mention the existence of soil yeasts,
while the majority of ecological studies conducted on these yeasts were merely surveys …

Yeasts are ubiquitous in temperate forests. While this broad habitat is well‐defined, the
yeasts inhabiting it and their life cycles, niches, and contributions to ecosystem functioning …

Since the pioneer investigations of Pasteur in the 1860s, the study of the yeast world has
seen important advances, especially in terms of their phenotypic, taxonomic, and genetic …

Human activities, land management and climate change all have great impact on soil
biology, but our knowledge of biodiversity of soil organisms is still very limited. Therefore, we …

Yeasts, a taxonomically heterogenic group of unicellular fungi, populate many different
habitats on our planet. They occur in aquatic and terrestrial environments and also in the …

A Citizen Science initiative by the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute and the Utrecht
University Museum gave rise to a project where fungal and yeast isolates were obtained and …

This review focuses on literature pertaining to the interactions of soil yeasts with biotic and
abiotic factors in their environment. Soil yeasts not only affect microbial and plant growth, but …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the studies of the ecology of yeasts in their natural
habitats, and the ways in which yeasts have been used to investigate ecological questions …

Yeasts are integral parts of phylloplane communities of temperate regions, where
ecosystems are not only influenced by short-term fluctuations in abiotic conditions, but …