AIMS To study the yeast diversity of Nigerian palm wines by comparison with other African strains. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-three Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains were obtained from palm wine samples collected at four locations in eastern Nigeria, and characterized using different molecular techniques: internal transcribed spacer restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequence analysi...

ENGLISH/ANGLAIS] Affiliations: 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology unit, Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, NIGERIA 2 Department of Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, NIGERIA Address for Correspondence/ Adresse pour la Correspondance: [email protected] Accepted/Accepté: February, 2012 Citation: Jimoh SO, Ado SA, Ameh JB, Whong CMZ. Characteristics...