Redefinition of Aureobasidium pullulans and its varieties

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2008, Pages 21-38

  Zalar, P ^a   Gostinčar, C ^a   de Hoog, G S ^b   Uršič, V ^a   Sudhadham, M ^b   Gunde Cimerman, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arctic; Aureobasidium; Black yeasts; Elongase; Glacier; ITS; LSU; Phylogeny; Polar environment; rDNA; Sea ice; Seawater; Taxonomy; Translation elongation factor; tubulin

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CHAETOTHYRIALES;

EID: 59249102355     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2008.61.02     Document Type: Article

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