Candida ruelliae sp. nov., a novel yeast species isolated from flowers of Ruellia sp. (Acanthaceae)

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 660-666

  Saluja, Puja ^a   Prasad, Gandham S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Candida haemulonii; Candida ruelliae sp. nov.; D1 D2 domain; ITS region; Ruellia sp.; SSU rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL RNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ACANTHACEAE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA RUELLIAE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLOWER; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACANTHACEAE; CANDIDA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLOWERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ACANTHACEAE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; RUELLIA;

EID: 43549093567     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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