Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., a yeast species associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1891-1894

  Carreiro, Solange C ^a   Pagnocca, Fernando C ^b   Bacci Jr , Maurício ^b   Lachance, Marc André ^c   Bueno, Odair C ^b   Hebling, Maria José A ^b   Ruivo, Carla C C ^b   Rosa, Carlos A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLGLUCOSIDE; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; RIBOSOME RNA; SALICIN;

ANT; ARTICLE; ATTA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SYMPODIOMYCES ATTINORUM; SYMPODIOMYCES PARVUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; BRAZIL; CITRIC ACID; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FERMENTATION; GENES, RRNA; GLUCOSE; METHYLGLUCOSIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS; FORMICIDAE; SYMPODIOMYCES ATTINORUM; SYMPODIOMYCES PARVUS;

EID: 5444238401     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63200-0     Document Type: Article

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