Sporobolomyces koalae sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from nasal smears of Queensland koalas kept in a Japanese zoological park

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2983-2986

  Satoh, Kazuo ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 26S; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; JAPAN; KOALA; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOROBOLOMYCES CARNICOLOR; SPOROBOLOMYCES JAPONICUS; SPOROBOLOMYCES KOALAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SPORIDIOBOLUS; SPOROBOLOMYCES CARNICOLOR; SPOROBOLOMYCES JAPONICUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BASIDIOMYCOTA; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHYLOGENY; QUEENSLAND; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58949087134     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.2008/000307-0     Document Type: Article

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