Cryptococcus haglerorum, sp. nov., an anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast isolated from nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Middelhoven, Wouter J ^a   Fonseca, Alvaro ^b   Carreiro, Solange Cristina ^c   Pagnocca, Fernando Carlos ^c   Bueno, Odair Correa ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta sexdens; Benzene compounds; Cryptococcus haglerorum; Hexadecane; Leaf cutting ants

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; FUNGAL DNA; HEXADECANE; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANT; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; YEAST;

ANT; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS HAGLERORUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS HUMICOLA; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NESTING; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TRICHOSPORON;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ATTA SEXDENS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYPTOCOCCUS HAGLERORUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS HUMICOLA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HUMICOLA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0038324272     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023384830802     Document Type: Article

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