Ophiostoma gemellus and Sporothrix variecibatus from mites infesting Protea infructescences in South Africa

Mycologia

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 496-510

  Roets, Francois ^a,b   De Beer, Z Wilhelm ^b   Wingfield, Michael J ^b   Crous, Pedro W ^c   Dreyer, Léanne L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

tubulin; ITS; LSU; Phylogeny; Vector

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; MITE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACARI; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMATALES; PROTEA; PROTEA INFRUCTESCENCES; SCOLYTINAE; SPOROTHRIX;

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S; RNA 5.8S; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MITE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEACEAE; RNA GENE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOROTHRIX;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEACEAE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOROTHRIX; TUBULIN;

EID: 52649127217     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/07-181R     Document Type: Article

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