Diversity in the yeast Cryptococcus albidus and related species as revealed by ribosomal DNA sequence analysis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-27

  Fonseca, Àlvaro ^a   Scorzetti, Gloria ^b   Fell, Jack W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetous yeasts; Cryptococcus albidus; Molecular systematics; Ribosomal DNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FILOBASIDIUM; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYPTOCOCCUS AERIUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ARRABIDENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS CHERNOVII; CRYPTOCOCCUS CYLINDRICUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS DIFFLUENS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LIQUEFACIENS; CRYPTOCOCCUS OEIRENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS PHENOLICUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SAITOI; CRYPTOCOCCUS TERRICOLA; CRYPTOCOCCUS UZBEKISTANENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS WIERINGAE; FILOBASIDIUM; TERRICOLA;

EID: 0033976331     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-46-1-7     Document Type: Article

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