Torulaspora quercuum sp. nov. and Candida pseudohumilis sp. nov., novel yeasts from human and forest habitats

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1322-1326

  Wang, Qi Ming ^a   Xu, Jianping ^a,b   Wang, Huamin ^c   Li, Juan ^a   Bai, Feng Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Candida pseudohumilis sp. nov.; Oral yeasts; Torulaspora quercuum sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PSEUDOHUMILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TORULASPORA QUERCUUM; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; PHYLOGENY; QUERCUS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIBET; TORULASPORA; TREES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA HUMILIS; QUERCUS; TORULASPORA;

EID: 70350547543     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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