Phylogenetic divergence, morphological and physiological differences distinguish a new Neotyphodium endophyte species in the grass Bromus auleticus from South America

Mycologia

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-351

  Iannone, Leopoldo Javier ^a   Cabral, Daniel ^a   Schardl, Christopher Lewis ^b   Rossi, María Susana ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bromus auleticus; Endophyte diversity; Molecular phylogeny; Neotyphodium

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; ONTOGENY; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

BROMUS; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM; POA; POACEAE; POOIDEAE;

ELONGATION FACTOR 1; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; TUBULIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BROMUS; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ARGENTINA; BROMUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; NEOTYPHODIUM; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYMBIOSIS; TUBULIN;

EID: 67650266938     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/08-156     Document Type: Article

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