New species in Aspergillus section Fumigati from reclamation sites in Wyoming (U.S.A.) and revision of A. viridinutans complex

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 253-274

  Nováková, Alena ^a   Hubka, Vit ^b,c   Dudová, Zuzana ^b,c   Matsuzawa, Tetsuhiro ^d   Kubátová, Alena ^c   Yaguchi, Takashi ^d   Kolařík, Miroslav ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Heterothallic species; MAT locus; Neosartorya udagawae; PCR fingerprinting; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897690102     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-013-0262-5     Document Type: Article

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