Taxonomic Richness of Yeasts in Japan within Subtropical and Cool Temperate Areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Takashima, Masako ^a   Sugita, Takashi ^b   Van, Bui Hong ^a   Nakamura, Megumi ^a   Endoh, Rikiya ^a   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); JAPAN; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TROPICS; YEAST;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ISLANDS; JAPAN; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YEASTS;

EID: 84870703686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050784     Document Type: Article

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