Cystobasidiomycetes yeasts from Patagonia (Argentina): Description of Rhodotorula meli sp. nov. from glacial meltwater

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2251-2256

  Libkind, Diego ^a   Sampaio, José Paulo ^b   Van Broock, Maria ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 26S; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CYSTOBASIDIOMYCETE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; YEAST; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ARGENTINA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RHODOTORULA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

RHODOTORULA LAMELLIBRACHIAE; SAKAGUCHIA;

EID: 77956695737     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.018499-0     Document Type: Article

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