Morphological differences of symbiotic fungi Smittium culisetae (Harpellales: Legeriomycetaceae) in different Dipteran hosts

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 967-972

  Vojvodic, Svjetlana ^a   McCreadie, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Simuliidae; Smittium; Symbiosis; Trichomycetes

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COLONIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; TRICHOME;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FUNGI; HYPHAE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; CULICIDAE; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HARPELLALES; HEXAPODA; LEGERIOMYCETACEAE; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SMITTIUM; SMITTIUM CULISETAE; TRICHOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 70349090524     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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