A new species of Penicillium, P. ramulosum sp. nov., from the natural environment

Mycologia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 888-895

  Visagie, Cobus M ^a   Roets, Francois ^a   Jacobs, Karin ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fynbos soil; P. dendriticum; Penicillium cecidicola; Protea burchellii; Riesling grapes; South Africa; Western Cape

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; TUBULIN;

FRUIT; FUNGUS; FYNBOS; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENVIRONMENT; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TUBULIN;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CECIDICOLA; PENICILLIUM DENDRITICUM; PROTEA BURCHELLII; PROTEA INFRUCTESCENCES; VITACEAE;

EID: 72449126121     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/08-149     Document Type: Article

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