Heterothallism in scedosporium apiospermum and description of its teleomorph Pseudallescheria apiosperma sp. nov.

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Gilgado, Fèlix ^a   Gené, Josepa ^a   Cano, Josep ^a   Guarro, Josep ^a  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heterothallism; Scedosporium spp . Pseudallescheria spp .

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOSPORE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; HETEROTHALLISM; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PSEUDALLESCHERIA APIOSPERMA; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; TELEOMORPH; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SCEDOSPORIUM;

CROSSES, GENETIC; MICROSCOPY; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SCEDOSPORIUM;

ASCOMYCOTA; MICROASCACEAE; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 74949120701     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780902939695     Document Type: Article

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