Candida batistae, a new yeast species associated with solitary digger nesting bees in Brazil

Mycologia

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 428-433

  Rosa, Carlos A ^a   Viana, Evelin M ^a   Martins, Rogério P ^a   Antonini, Yasmine ^a   Lachance, Marc André ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ground nests; Solitary bees; Yeast community

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HAPLOIDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; RIBOSOMAL DNA; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

CANDIDA BATISTAE; DIADASINA DISTINCTA; MUCOR; PTILOTRIX PLUMATA; STARMERELLA BOMBICOLA;

EID: 0033024436     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761343     Document Type: Article

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