New and revisited species in Aspergillus section Nigri

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-17

  Varga, J ^a,b   Frisvad, J C ^c   Kocsube S ^b   Brankovics, B ^b   Toth B ^d   Szigeti, G ^b   Samson, R A ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d CEREAL RESEARCH NON PROFIT COMPANY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspergillus section Nigri; Extrolites; Phylogeny; Polyphasic taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955135387     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2011.69.01     Document Type: Article

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