Amoebidium parasiticum is a protozoan, not a Trichomycete

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 1-6, 2000, Pages 1133-1137

  Benny, Gerald L ^a   O'Donnell, Kerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Amoebidiales; Ichthyosporea; Mitochondrial cristae; Phylogeny; Zygomycota

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000981639     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2000.12061260     Document Type: Article

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