Ecology of halotolerant dothideaceous black yeasts

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 1999, Issue 43, 1999, Pages 38-48

  Zalar, P ^a   De Hoog, G S ^b   Gunde Cimerman, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black yeasts; Dothioraceae; Ecology; Halotolerance; Hortaea; Hyphospora; ITS1; Phaeotheca; Physiology; RFLP; Saltpans; Sequencing; Stenella; Taxonomy; Tinea nigra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033464967     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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