Mucor renisporus sp. nov., a new coprophilous species from Southern Africa

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 29, Issue , 2008, Pages 27-35

  Jacobs, K ^a   Botha, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actin gene; Elongation 1 gene; Morphology; Phylogeny; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI; MUCOR; MUCOR PIRIFORMIS; MUCORALES; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 47049104023     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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