title: Microbiological characteristics and physiological functionality of new records of yeasts from wild flowers in yokjido, Korea.
abstract: Two new yeast records, Cryptococcus adeliensis YJ19-2 and Cryptococcus uzbekistanensis YJ10-4 were screened from 60 yeasts strains that were isolated and identified from wild flowers in Yokjido, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea. The morphological and cultural characteristics of the newly recorded yeasts and the physiological functionalities of the supernatants and cell-free extracts obtained from their cultures were investigated. The two newly recorded yeasts did not form ascospores and pseudomycelia. They also grew well in yeast extract-peptone-dextrose broth. C. uzbekistanensis YJ10-4 grew in a vitamin-free medium and was also tolerant to sugar and salt. Antihypertensive angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity of the supernatant from C. adeliensis YJ19-2 was high (71.8%) and its cell-free extract also showed very high (81.2%) antidiabetic á-glucosidase inhibitory activity.
authors: Department of Biomedicinal Science and Biotechnology, Paichai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea.
authors: Se-Hee
authors: SH
authors: Hyun
authors: Department of Biomedicinal Science and Biotechnology, Paichai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea.
authors: Jong-Soo
authors: JS
authors: Lee
keywords: Morphological characteristics; New yeast records; Wild flowers; Yokjido