Fusarium solani species complex isolates conspecific with Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae race 2 from naturally infected human and plant tissue and environmental sources are equally virulent on plants, grow at 37°C and are interfertile

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2189-2199

  Mehl, Hillary L ^a   Epstein, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLASSIFICATION; CUCUMBER; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CUCURBITACEAE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MYCOSES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; FUSARIUM SP.; HAEMATONECTRIA IPOMOEAE;

EID: 34547652681     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01333.x     Document Type: Article

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