Two new species of dictyostelid cellular slime molds from Alaska

Mycologia

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 588-595

  Romeralo, Maria ^a   Landolt, John C ^b   Cavender, James C ^c   Laursen, Gary A ^d   Baldauf, Sandie L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cellular slime molds; Molecular data; Morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SAMPLING; SLIME MOULD; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ACRASIDA; DICTYOSTELIIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DICTYOSTELIIDA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; DICTYOSTELIIDA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954709874     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/09-107     Document Type: Article

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