Fungi discovered in the dead sea

Mycological Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 132-133

  Buchalo, Asya S ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^b   Wasser, Solomon P ^a,b,c   Molitoris, Hans P ^c   Oren, Aharon ^d   Volz, Paul A ^e  

^a M G KHOLODNY INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e East Michigan Mycology Associates   (United States)

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