Unraveling Trichoderma species in the attine ant environment: description of three new taxa

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 633-651

  Montoya, Quimi Vidaurre ^a   Meirelles, Lucas Andrade ^a,b   Chaverri, Priscila ^c,d   Rodrigues, Andre ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Attini; Fungus garden; Hypocreales; Richness; Soil; Transient

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATTINORUM; TRICHODERMA GUIZHOUENSE; TRICHODERMA KONINGIOPSIS; TRICHODERMA LONGIFIALIDICUM; TRICHODERMA OVALISPORUM; TRICHODERMA PETERSENII; TRICHODERMA SINUOSUM; TRICHODERMA SPINULOSUM; TRICHODERMA TEXANUM; TRICHODERMA THELEPHORICOLA; ANIMAL; ANT; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 84958769241     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-016-0666-9     Document Type: Article

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