Are Microsporidia really related to fungi?: A reappraisal based on additional gene sequences from basal fungi

Mycological Research

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1380-1391

  Tanabe, Yuuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Makoto M ^a   Sugiyama, Junta ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Kanda Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; MICROORGANISM; PHYLOGENETICS;

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; MYXOGASTRIA; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 0036996268     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095375620200686X     Document Type: Article

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