Metschnikowia proteae sp. nov., a nectarivorous insect-associated yeast species from Africa

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2538-2545

  de Vega, Clara ^a   Guzmán, Beatriz ^a   Lachance, Marc André ^b   Steenhuisen, Sandy Lynn ^c   Johnson, Steven D ^c   Herrera, Carlos M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; FLOWER; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; METSCHNIKOWIA PROTEAE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CANDIDA; DNA, FUNGAL; DROSOPHILIDAE; FLOWERS; GENES, RRNA; METSCHNIKOWIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT NECTAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

CANDIDA; COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; PROTEA CAFFRA; PROTEACEAE; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 84867163627     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.040790-0     Document Type: Article

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