Do different species of Smittium (Harpellales, Legeriomycetaceae) influence each other in the host gut?

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1409-1413

  Vojvodic, Svjetlana ^a   McCreadie, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Culicidae; Symbiosis; Trichomycete

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FUNGUS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INOCULATION; MOSQUITO; SYMBIOSIS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FUNGI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYPHAE; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHROPODA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HARPELLACEAE; HARPELLALES; LEGERIOMYCETACEAE; SMITTIUM; TRICHOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 56549089522     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.06.024     Document Type: Article

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