Cold-adapted yeasts from Antarctica and the Italian Alps-description of three novel species: Mrakia robertii sp. nov., Mrakia blollopis sp. nov. and Mrakiella niccombsii sp. nov.

Extremophiles

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-59

  Thomas Hall, Skye Robin ^a   Turchetti, Benedetta ^b   Buzzini, Pietro ^b   Branda, Eva ^b   Boekhout, Teun ^c   Theelen, Bart ^c   Watson, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctic microbiology; Cold adaptation; Molecular phylogeny; Psychrophiles; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYSTOFILOBASIDIALES; MRAKIA;

EID: 72449129906     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0286-7     Document Type: Article

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