Starmerella meliponinorum sp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast species associated with stingless bees

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 339-343

  Teixeira, Ana C P ^a   Marini, Marjorie M ^a   Nicoli, Jacques R ^a   Antonini, Yasmine ^a   Martins, Rogerio P ^a   Lachance, Marc André ^b   Rosa, Carlos A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PROPOLIS; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BEE; BEE STING; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES COMPOSITION; FOOD; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HONEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STARMERELLA MELIPONINORUM; WASTE;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BEES; BRAZIL; COSTA RICA; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL;

APOIDEA; ASCOMYCOTA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ETCHELLSII; FUNGI; MELIPONA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE; MYXOGASTRIA; PROPOLIS; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; STARMERELLA; TETRAGONISCA ANGUSTULA; TRIGONA;

EID: 0037216857     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02262-0     Document Type: Article

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