Evolutionary relationships among basal fungi (Chytridiomycota and Zygomycota): Insights from molecular phylogenetics

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 267-276

  Tanabe, Yuuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Makoto M ^a   Sugiyama, Junta ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Kanda Office   (Japan)

^c 5F N   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycota; Fungi; Microsporidia; Molecular phylogeny; nSSU rDNA; RPB1; Zygomycota

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; BLASTOCLADIELLA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOPHYLY; MUCORALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZYGOMYCETES;

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; RNA POLYMERASE II; ZYGOMYCOTA;

AMOEBIDIACEAE; ANIMALIA; ARCHEZOA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BLASTOCLADIALES; BLASTOCLADIELLA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DIMARGARITALES; ECCRINALES; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; HARPELLALES; KICKXELLALES; MICROSPORIDIA; MUCORALES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 29144522313     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.51.267     Document Type: Review

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