Stegolerium kukenani gen. et sp. nov. an endophytic, taxol producing fungus from the Roraima and Kukenan tepuis of Venezuela

Mycotaxon

Volumn 78, Issue , 2001, Pages 353-361

  Strobel, Gary ^a   Hess, W M ^b   Baird, Gary ^b   Ford, Eugene ^a   Li, J Y ^a   Sidhu, Rajinder S ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Conidia; Endophyte; Taxol; Tepui; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041079296     PISSN: 00934666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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