Rediscovery of an unusual chytridiaceous fungus new to the order Rhizophydiales

Mycologia

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-334

  Letcher, Peter M ^a   Powell, Martha J ^a   Viusent, M Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

28S rDNA; Chytrid; ITS rDNA; Phylogeny; Zoospore

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; FUNGUS; LAKE; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; RHIZOPHLYCTIS HARDERI;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; LIQUIDAMBAR; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PINE; POLLEN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LIQUIDAMBAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; POLLEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 48249085775     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.100.2.325     Document Type: Article

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