Value of host range, morphological, and genetic characteristics within the Entomophthora muscae species complex

Mycological Research

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 941-950

  Jensen, Annette Bruun ^a   Thomsen, Lene ^a   Eilenberg, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthomyiidae; Diptera; Ecology; Entomophthorales; Host range; Insect pathogenic fungi; Morphology; Muscidae; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Zygomycota

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOST RANGE; PATHOGEN; RNA; SPECIES COMPLEX; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENTOMOPHTHORA; FLY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENTOMOPHTHORA; GENES, RRNA; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

DIPTERA; ENTOMOPHTHORA; ENTOMOPHTHORA MUSCAE; FUNGI; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCOMORPHA;

EID: 33747762978     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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