The status and characterization of Enteroramus dimorphus: A xylose-fermenting yeast attached to the gut of beetles

Mycologia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 756-760

  Suh, Sung Oui ^a   White, Merlin M ^b   Nguyen, Nhu H ^a   Blackwell, Meredith ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascobotryozyma americana; Ascobotryozyma cognata; Botryozyma nematodophila; Evolution; ITS; LSU rDNA; Passalidae; Symbiosis; Yeast

Indexed keywords

YEAST;

ASCOBOTRYOZYMA AMERICANA; ASCOBOTRYOZYMA COGNATA; BOTRYOZYMA NEMATODOPHILA; COLEOPTERA; ENTERORAMUS DIMORPHUS; FUNGI; NEMATODA; ODONTOTAENIUS DISJUNCTUS; PASSALIDAE; PICHIA; PICHIA SP. KS-42-W2; PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCETES;

EID: 4444292239     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2005.11832923     Document Type: Article

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