Mitochondrial gene sequences alone or combined with ITS region sequences provide firm molecular criteria for the classification of Lecanicillium species

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 829-844

  Kouvelis, Vassili N ^a   Sialakouma, Aphrodite ^a   Typas, Milton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Entomogenous fungi; Group I introns; ITS region; Multi locus sequencing; Phylogenetic analysis; Verticillium lecanii

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; SPACER DNA;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOST SPECIFICITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, RRNA; MITOCHONDRIA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE;

FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; LECANICILLIUM; LECANICILLIUM LONGISPORUM; LECANICILLIUM MUSCARIUM; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA; VERTICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 45949102974     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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