Fungal community associated with Dactylopius (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae) and its role in uric acid metabolism

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Vera Ponce De León, Arturo ^a   Sanchez Flores, Alejandro ^a   Rosenblueth, Mónica ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carmine cochineal; Cryptococcus; Fungal metagenomics; ITS region; Purine metabolism; Rhodotorula; Scale insects

Indexed keywords

26S RRNA; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE OXIDASE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS SAITOI; DACTYLOPIUS; FEMALE; FILOBASIDIELLA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMIPTERA; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URIC ACID METABOLISM;

EID: 84980000598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00954     Document Type: Article

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