Phylogenetic analysis of the bluestain fungus Ophiostoma minus based on partial ITS rDNA and β-tubulin gene sequences

Mycological Research

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 759-765

  Gorton, Caroline ^a   Kim, Seong Hwan ^b   Henricot, Béatrice ^a   Webber, Joan ^c   Breuil, Colette ^d  

^a ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; FUNGUS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA MINUS; OPHIOSTOMA PSEUDOTSUGAE;

EID: 4344714318     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000012     Document Type: Article

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