Five novel Candida species in insect-associated yeast clades isolated from Neuroptera and other insects

Mycologia

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 842-858

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

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Green lacewings; Insect gut yeast; Insect fungus associations

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; YEAST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ASCALAPHIDAE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA INTERMEDIA; CANDIDA MEMBRANIFACIENS; CHAULIODES; CHRYSOPIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORYDALIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS (TREMELLOMYCETIDAE); CRYPTOCOCCUS (TRICHOSPORONALES); FUNGI; HANSENIASPORA VINEAE; HEMEROBIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LACHANCEA; MANTISPIDAE; NEUROPTERA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCETES;

EID: 38849106096     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.99.6.842     Document Type: Article

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