Cryptococcus species (Tremellales) from glacial biomes in the southern (Patagonia) and northern (Svalbard) hemispheres

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 523-539

  de Garcia, Virginia ^a   Zalar, Polona ^b   Brizzio, Silvia ^a   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^b,c   van Broock, María ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins (CIPKeBiP)   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cold environments; cryptococcus; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOME; COLD REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; NEW SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY; YEAST;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; ICE COVER; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SVALBARD;

ARCTIC; PATAGONIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYPTOCOCCUS (TREMELLALES); CRYPTOCOCCUS (TREMELLOMYCETIDAE); CRYPTOCOCCUS (TRICHOSPORONALES); CRYPTOCOCCUS VICTORIAE; TREMELLALES;

EID: 84867722014     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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