Two new Ballistoconidium-forming yeast species, Bullera melastomae and Bullera formosana, found in Taiwan

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 558-564

  Nakase, Takashi ^a,b,c   Jan Ngam, Hathairat ^b   Tsuzuki, Satoko ^a   Lee, Fwu Ling ^d   Jindamorakot, Sasitorn ^b   Potacharoen, Wanchern ^b   Tanticharoen, Morakot ^b   Takashima, Masako ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d FOOD INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bullera formosana sp. nov.; Bullera melastomae sp. nov.; New yeasts from Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLERA FORMOSANA; BULLERA MELASTOMAE; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; YEAST;

BALLISTOCONIDIUM; BULLERA FORMOSANA; BULLERA MELASTOMAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS LUTEOLUS; DIOSZEGIA; HYMENOMYCETES;

EID: 4544240174     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723202041748118     Document Type: Article

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