Hidden diversity behind the zombie-ant fungus ophiocordyceps unilateralis: Four new species described from carpenter ants in Minas Gerais, Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Evans, Harry C ^a,b   Elliot, Simon L ^a   Hughes, David P ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMORPH; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HYPOCREALES; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; OPHIOCORDYCEPS BALZANI; OPHIOCORDYCEPS MELANOTICI; OPHIOCORDYCEPS NOVOGRANADENSIS; OPHIOCORDYCEPS RUFIPEDIS; OPHIOCORDYCEPS UNILATERALIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TELEOMORPH; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CAMPONOTINI; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS RUFIPES; CLAVICIPITACEAE; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; FUNGI; HYPOCREALES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPOCREALES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952297510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017024     Document Type: Article

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