The phylogeny of the cactophilic yeasts based on the 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences: The proposals of Phaffomyces antillensis and Starmera caribaea, new combinations

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 827-832

  Yamada, Yuzo ^b,d   Kawasaki, Hiroko ^a   Nagatsuka, Yuka ^a   Mikata, Kozaburo ^c   Seki, Tatsuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute for Fermentation Osaka   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Phaffomyces antillensis comb. nov.; Phaffomycetaceae fam. nov.; Phylogeny; Starmera caribaea comb. nov.

Indexed keywords

PHAFFOMYCES ANTILLENSIS; PHAFFOMYCES OPUNTIAE; PHAFFOMYCES THERMOTOLERANS; PHAFFOMYCETACEAE; PICHIA; STARMERA; STARMERA AMETHIONINA VAR. AMETHIONINA; STARMERA AMETHIONINA VAR. PACHYCEREANA; STARMERA CARIBAEA;

PRIMER DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; YEASTS;

EID: 0033127188     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.827     Document Type: Article

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