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Gut feeling for yeasts

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The startling news that has emerged from studies of the intestines of beetles is a reminder of how little is known about the diversity of even such comparatively well-characterized groups as the yeasts.

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Figure 1: Yeast on the rise — the cumulative increase in yeast species described since 1820 (the total includes synonyms).

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