A yeast clade near Candida kruisii uncovered: nine novel Candida species associated with basidioma-feeding beetles

Mycological Research

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1379-1394

  Suh, Sung Oui ^a   Nguyen, Nhu H ^a   Blackwell, Meredith ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beetles; Molecular systematics; New Candida species; Ribosomal DNA; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BEETLE; DEFINITIVE HOST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATED POPULATION; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; YEAST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CANDIDA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; CANDIDA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CANDIDA; CANDIDA KRUISII; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EROTYLIDAE; FUNGI; NITIDULIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33845298660     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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