Cryptococcus foliicola sp. nov. and Cryptococcus taibaiensis sp. nov., novel basidiomycetous yeast species from plant leaves

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 285-291

  Wang, Qi Ming ^a   Boekhout, Teun ^b   Bai, Feng Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetous yeasts; Cryptococcus foliicola sp. nov.; Cryptococcus taibaiensis sp. nov.; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA 26S;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHINA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS FOLIICOLA; CRYPTOCOCCUS TAIBAIENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS VICTORIAE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT LEAF; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 82955165106     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.57.285     Document Type: Article

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