Molecular phylogeny of basidiomycetous yeasts in the Cryptococcus luteolus lineage (Tremellales) based on nuclear rRNA and mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequence analyses: Proposal of Derxomyces gen. nov. and Hannaella gen. nov., and description of eight novel Derxomyces species

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 799-814

  Wang, Qi Ming ^a   Bai, Feng Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetous yeasts; Bullera; Derxomyces; Hannaella; Molecular phylogeny; Tremellales

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BULLERA MRAKII; BULLERA SINENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LUTEOLUS; DERXOMYCES BOEKHOUTII; DERXOMYCES HAINANENSIS; DERXOMYCES LINZHIENSIS; DERXOMYCES MRAKII; DERXOMYCES PSEUDOCYLINDRICA; DERXOMYCES QINLINGENSIS; DERXOMYCES SIMAOENSIS; DERXOMYCES WUZHISHANENSIS; DERXOMYCES YUNNANENSIS; DIOSZEGIA; FUNGUS; HANNAELLA SINENSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BALLISTOCONIDIUM; BULLERA (TREMELLALES); BULLERA MRAKII; BULLERA SINENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LUTEOLUS; DIOSZEGIA; TREMELLALES;

EID: 49349102616     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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