Putative source of the invasive Sirex noctilio fungal symbiont, Amylostereum areolatum, in the eastern United States and its association with native siricid woodwasps

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1242-1253

  Nielsen, Charlotte ^a   Williams, David W ^b   Hajek, Ann E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal symbiont; Homobasidiomycete; Invasive species; Siricidae; Wood rot fungus; Woodwasp

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

DNA; FUNGUS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; SYMBIONT; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES; WASP;

ANIMALS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES; WASPS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMYLOSTEREUM AREOLATUM; FUNGI; SIREX; SIREX NOCTILIO; SIRICIDAE;

EID: 70449732152     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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