Cryptococcus vaughanmartiniae sp. nov. and Cryptococcus onofrii sp. nov.: two new species isolated from worldwide cold environments

Extremophiles

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-159

  Turchetti, Benedetta ^a   Selbmann, Laura ^b   Blanchette, Robert A ^c   Di Mauro, Simone ^a   Marchegiani, Elisabetta ^a   Zucconi, Laura ^b   Arenz, Brett E ^c   Buzzini, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alps; Antarctica; Apennines; Cold adapted biodiversity; Cryptococcusonofrii sp. nov; Cryptococcusvaughanmartiniae sp. nov; Iceland; Novel Cryptococcus species; Psychrophilic yeasts; Russia

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANTARCTICA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; FILOBASIDIELLA; FRANCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RUSSIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922003186     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-014-0692-3     Document Type: Article

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