Termitomyces sp. associated with the termite Macrotermes natalensis has a heterothallic mating system and multinucleate cells

Mycological Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 314-318

  De Fine Licht, Henrik H ^a   Andersen, Anders ^a,b   Aanen, Duur K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TERMITE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES NATALENSIS; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITOMYCES;

EID: 18244384090     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204001844     Document Type: Article

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