New species of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, an ubiquitous pathogen of ants from Thailand

Fungal Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-52

  Kobmoo, Noppol ^a   Mongkolsamrit, Suchada ^a   Wutikhun, Taksadon ^b   Tasanathai, Kanoksri ^a   Khonsanit, Artit ^a   Thanakitpipattana, Donnaya ^a   Luangsa Ard, Janet Jennifer ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Host specificity; Molecular phylogenies; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ANT; CRYPSIS; FUNGUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENY;

THAILAND;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS GIGAS; CAMPONOTUS LEONARDI; CAMPONOTUS SAUNDERSI; FORMICIDAE; POLYRHACHIS FURCATA;

ELONGATION FACTOR 1; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ANT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYPOCREALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HYPOCREALES; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND; TUBULIN;

EID: 84921284818     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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