Yeasts associated with termites: A phenotypic and genotypic characterization and use of coevolution for dating evolutionary radiations in asco- and basidiomycetes

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-283

  Prillinger, Hansjörg ^a   Messner, Robert ^a   König, Helmut ^b   Bauer, Robert ^c   Lopandic, Ksenija ^a   Molnar, Orsolya ^a   Dangel, Petra ^b   Weigang, Franz ^d   Kirisits, Thomas ^a   Nakase, Takasi ^e   Sigler, Lynne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Hewlett Packard GmbH   (Germany)

^e RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascomycete phylogeny; Basidiomycete phylogeny; Coevolution fungi arthropods; Debaryomyces; Endomycetales; Fungus evolution; Genotypic identification; Ophiostoma; Sporothrix albicans; Termites; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BASIDIOMYCETES; ENDOMYCETALES; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; HYPHOMYCETES; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SACCHAROMYCES; TAXONOMY; TRICHOSPORON; YEAST CELL;

EID: 9444299054     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80053-1     Document Type: Article

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