Cryptococcus statzelliae sp. nov. and three novel strains of Cryptococcus victoriae, yeasts isolated from Antarctic soils

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2303-2308

  Thomas Hall, Skye ^a   Watson, Kenneth ^a   Scorzetti, Gloria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus statzelliae sp. nov.; Fatty acids; PAGE; rDNA sequencing; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PROTEOME; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS STATZELLIAE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; YEAST;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FATTY ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYPTOCOCCUS STATZELLIAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS VICTORIAE; DIOSZEGIA CROCEA; FUNGI; HYMENOMYCETES; MYXOGASTRIA; TREMELLALES;

EID: 0036865670     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02293-0     Document Type: Article

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