Yeasts isolated from plant-associated beetles and other insects: Seven novel Candida species near Candida albicans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-102

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

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mycology and Botany Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Insect associated yeasts; Lodderomyces elongisporus; Molecular phylogeny; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CANDIDA ALAI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA BOHIENSIS; CANDIDA BUENAVISTAENIS; CANDIDA CHAULIODES; CANDIDA CORYDALI; CANDIDA DULBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA FRIJOLESENSIS; CANDIDA GIGANTENSIS; CANDIDA LABIDURIDARUM; CANDIDA MALTOSA; CANDIDA NEERLANDICA; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PSEUDORHAGII; CANDIDA TETRIGIDARUM; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INSECT; LODDEROMYCES ELONGISPORUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TAXON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; INSECTS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA MALTOSA; CANDIDA NEERLANDICA; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PSEUDORHAGII; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHAULIODES; COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; LODDEROMYCES ELONGISPORUS;

EID: 38349161364     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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