Levels of specificity of Xylaria species associated with fungus-growing termites: A phylogenetic approach

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 553-567

  Visser, A A ^a   Ros, V I D ^b   De Beer, Z W ^c   Debets, A J M ^a   Hartog, E ^a   Kuyper, T W ^a   Laessoe T ^d   Slippers, B ^c   Aanen, D K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fungus growing termite; Host specificity; Macrotermitinae; Mutualistic symbiosis; Phylogeny; Xylaria

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITOMYCES; XYLARIALES;

ANIMALS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITOMYCES; XYLARIALES;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITOMYCES; XYLARIA;

EID: 58549114233     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04036.x     Document Type: Article

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