Phylogenetic study of the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeasts Rodotorula lactosa and R. minuta, and related taxa based on 18S ribosomal DNA sequences

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Suh, Sung Oui ^a   Takashima, Masako ^b   Nakase, Takashi ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RHODOTORULA;

EID: 0029866777     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.42.1     Document Type: Article

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