Diversity of microfungi in the phylloplane of plants growing in a mediterranean ecosystem

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 396-407

  Pereira, Pablo Tavares ^a   De Carvalho, Margarida M ^a   Gírio, Francisco M ^a   Roseiro, J Carlos ^a   Amaral Collaco M T ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT LEAVES; PORTUGAL;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM;

EID: 0036915303     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4028(200212)42:6<396::AID-JOBM396>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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