Molecular evidence for phylogeny and the termite host specificity of exoparasitic fungi, Termitaria spp. (Termitariales: Deuteromycetes), from Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 571-576

  Hojo, Masaru ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^b,c   Miura, Toru ^b   Iwata, Ryûtarô ^a   Matsumoto, Tadao ^b   Yamane, Kiomi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Molecular phylogeny; Parasitic fungi; Termitaria; Termite

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HODOTERMOPSIS; HODOTERMOPSIS JAPONICA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; JAPONICA; MYXOGASTRIA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; TERMITARIA;

EID: 0036925829     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.571     Document Type: Article

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