Ambrosiella beaveri, sp. nov., Associated with an exotic ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus mutilatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), in Mississippi, USA

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-29

  Six, Diana L ^a   Doug Stone, W ^b   de Beer, Z Wilhelm ^c   Woolfolk, Sandra W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ambrosia fungi; Candida homelintoma; Geosmithia lavendula; Geosmithia obscura; Scolytinae

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIELLA BEAVERI; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; XYLOSANDRUS MUTILATUS;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CANDIDA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, RRNA; HYPOCREALES; MISSISSIPPI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN; WEEVILS;

AMBROSIA; CANDIDA; CERATOCYSTIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; GEOSMITHIA LAVENDULA; GEOSMITHIA OBSCURA; PLATYPODINI; SCOLYTINAE; XYLOSANDRUS MUTILATUS;

EID: 67349096796     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-009-9331-x     Document Type: Article

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