Investigations into the taxonomy of the mushroom pathogen Verticillium fungicola and its relatives based on sequence analysis of nitrate reductase and ITS regions

Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-768

  Amey, R C ^a,c   Athey Pollard, A ^a   Mills, P R ^b   Foster, G D ^a   Bailey, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Mushroom pathogen; Nitrate reductase; Taxonomy; Verticillium fungicola

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BISPORUS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA; VERTICILLIUM FUNGICOLA; VERTICILLIUM FUNGICOLA VAR. FUNGICOLA;

EID: 36849033947     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261707060161     Document Type: Article

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