Candida carvajalis sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species from the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 784-788

  James, Stephen A ^b   Carvajal Barriga, Enrique Javier ^a   Bond, Christopher J ^b   Cross, Kathryn ^b   Núñez, Norma C ^a   Portero, Patricia B ^a   Roberts, Ian N ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida carvajalis; LSU D1 D2 domain; rRNA gene; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CANDIDA ASPARAGI; CANDIDA CARVAJALIS; CANDIDA FRUCTUS; CANDIDA MUSAE; CLADISTICS; CLAVISPORA; ECUADOR; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES HABITAT; WOOD; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECUADOR; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES; WOOD;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ASPARAGI; CANDIDA FRUCTUS; CLAVISPORA;

EID: 67651159148     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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