Phylogenetic relationships of Monascus species inferred from the ITS and the partial β-tubulin gene

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Park, Houng G ^a   Stamenova, Elena K ^a   Jong, Shung Chang ^a  

^a AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

tubulin; ITS; LSU rRNA; Monascus and phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS USTUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; MONASCUS; MONASCUS EREMOPHILUS; MONASCUS LUNISPORAS; MONASCUS PILOSUS; MONASCUS PURPUREUS; MONASCUS RUBER; MONASCUS SANGUINEUS; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 9244238759     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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