A polyphasic contribution to the knowledge of Auxarthron (Onygenaceae)

Mycological Progress

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Sarrocco, Sabrina ^a   Diquattro, Stefania ^a   Baroncelli, Riccardo ^a   Cimmino, Alessio ^b   Evidente, Antonio ^b   Vannacci, Giovanni ^a   Doveri, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fungal antagonism; Keratin degradation; Onygenales; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945932673     PISSN: 1617416X     EISSN: 18618952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11557-015-1128-x     Document Type: Article

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