Yeasts associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-248

  Carreiro, Solange Cristina ^a   Pagnocca, Fernando Carlos ^a   Bueno, Odair Correa ^a   Bacci Jr , Mauricio ^a   Hebling, Maria José Aparecida ^a   Da Silva, Osvaldo Aulino ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta sexdens rubropilosa; Leaf cutting ants; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; ENDOMYCETALES; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; TRICHOSPORON; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CANDIDA; YEASTS;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; CANDIDA HOMILENTOMA; CHAETOTHYRIALES; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TREMELLA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA COLLICULOSA; CANDIDA FAMATA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; HYMENOPTERA; RHODOTORULA; SPOROBOLOMYCES; TRICHOSPORON;

ANT NEST; LEAF-CUTTING ANT; YEAST;

EID: 0031003122     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000182108648     Document Type: Article

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