Black yeasts in cold habitats

Cold-adapted Yeasts: Biodiversity, Adaptation Strategies and Biotechnological Significance

Volumn 9783642396816, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-189

  Selbmann, Laura ^a   De Hoog, G Sybren ^b   Zucconi, Laura ^a   Isola, Daniela ^a   Onofri, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black yeasts; Cold adaptation; Dothideomycetes; Evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902660374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39681-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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