Cystofilobasidium lacus-mascardii sp. nov., a basidomycetous yeast species isolated from aquatic environments of the Patagonian Andes, and Cystofilobasidium macerans sp. nov., the sexual stage of Cryptococcus macerans

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 622-630

  Libkind, Diego ^a   Gadanho, Mário ^b   van Broock, Maria ^a   Sampaio, Jose Paulo ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHRITOL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETOUS YEAST; CARBON SOURCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS MACERANS; CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM LACUS MASCARDII; CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM MACERANS; FERTILITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TELIOSPORE; YEAST;

CRYPTOCOCCUS MACERANS; CYSTOFILOBASIDIALES; CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM;

ARGENTINA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68249093360     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.004390-0     Document Type: Article

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