Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Usti

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2007, Pages 107-128

  Houbraken, J ^a   Due, M ^b   Varga, J ^a,c   Meijer, M ^a   Frisvad, J C ^b   Samson, R A ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Actin; Aspergillus; Calmodulin; Extrolite profiles; ITS; Phylogenetics; Polyphasic taxonomy; tubulin

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GRANULOSUS; ASPERGILLUS PSEUDODEFLECTUS; ASPERGILLUS PUNICEUS; ASPERGILLUS USTUS; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA HETEROTHALLICA;

EID: 38549135022     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2007.59.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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