Cryptococcus anemochoreius sp. nov., a novel anamophic basidiomycetous yeast isolated from the atmophere in central South Africa

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2703-2706

  Pohl, Carolina H ^a   Kock, Johan L F ^a   van Wyk, Peiter W J ^a   Albertyn, Jacobus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CITRIC ACID; ERYTHRITOL; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; LACTOSE; RHAMNOSE; RIBITOL; SALICIN; STARCH; XYLITOL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ANEMOCHOREIUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEMOROSUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS PERNICIOSUS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPILIOTREMA BANDONII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEMOROSUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS PERNICIOSUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SP. CBS 8363; PAPILIOTREMA BANDONII;

EID: 33751201538     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64419-0     Document Type: Article

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