Molecular analyses of the IGS and ITS regions of rDNA of the psychrophilic yeasts in the genus Mrakia

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-12

  Diaz, Mara R ^a   Fell, Jack W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus curiosus; Intergenic spacer (IGS); Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Mrakia species; Nucleotide sequence analysis; Psychrophile

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MRAKIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHROPHILIC YEAST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MRAKIA; MRAKIA FRIGIDA;

EID: 0033983469     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002048008295     Document Type: Article

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