The distribution of Basidiobolus and Conidiobolus in soil and litter at sites near Tampa, Florida

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 761-766

  Nelson, Rex T ^a   TeStrake, Diane ^a   Cochrane, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Entomophthorales; Genetics; Population; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

CLONAL VARIATION; FUNGAL GROWTH; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

FUNGUS; LITTER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLORIDA; TAMPA; UNITED STATES;

BASIDIOBOLUS; CONIDIOBOLUS;

EID: 0031756096     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761316     Document Type: Article

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