Phylogeny, identification and nomenclature of the genus Aspergillus

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-173

  Samson, R A ^a   Visagie, C M ^a   Houbraken, J ^a   Hong, S B ^b   Hubka, V ^c   Klaassen, C H W ^d   Perrone, G ^e   Seifert, K A ^f   Susca, A ^e   Tanney, J B ^f   Varga, J ^g   Kocsube S ^g   Szigeti, G ^g   Yaguchi, T ^h   Frisvad, J C ⁱ  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^f OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^h CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fungal identification; Media; Nomenclature; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 84908295357     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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