The Lichen Connections of Black Fungi

Mycopathologia

Volumn 175, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 523-535

  Muggia, Lucia ^a,b   Gueidan, Cecile ^c   Knudsen, Kerry ^d   Perlmutter, Gary ^e   Grube, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Borderline lichens; Dothideomyceta; Lichenicolous; Lichenothelia; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE;

EID: 84878559572     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-012-9598-8     Document Type: Article

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