Three New Species of the Genus Ochroconis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 7-17

  Samerpitak, K ^a,b,c   Gerrits van den Ende, A H G ^a   Menken, S B J ^b   de Hoog, G S ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^h KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ant fungus; Ochroconis; Opportunist; Phylogeny; Venturiales

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; OCHROCONIS; VERTEBRATA;

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; VERTEBRATE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84937513303     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: 15730832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-015-9910-5     Document Type: Article

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