Microbial mats: An ecological niche for fungi

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Cantrell, Sharon A ^a   Duval Perez, Lisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL TURABO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Aspergillus; Caribbean; Cladosporium; Eps; Hypersaline; ITS region; Tropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875882125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00424     Document Type: Review

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