What is a species in Aspergillus?

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Samson, R A ^a   Varga, J ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Nomenclature; Phylogenetics; Polyphasic taxonomy; Species concepts

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TELEOMORPH; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ASPERGILLUS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 67651122069     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802354011     Document Type: Article

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