Genetic variability of astaxanthin-producing yeasts: Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of Phaffia rhodozyma and Xanthopyllomyces dendrorhous

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Palágyi, Zsuzsanna ^a   Papp, Tamaás ^a   Takó, Miklós ^a   Nagy, Ágnes ^b   Pesti, Miklós ^b   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Genetic variability; Phaffia rhodozyma; RAPD; Xanthopyllomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; XANTHOPYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS; YEAST;

FUNGI; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA;

EID: 17144378564     PISSN: 1588385X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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