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Juliana Barros, Santosh Kumar, Sahadevan Seena
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Xin Wang, Tolgor Bau
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Matthias Seidel, Vit Sykora, Richard A. B. Leschen, Bruno Clarkson, Martin Fikacek
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Summary: During a freshwater fungi investigation in Jiangxi province, China, a new hyphomycetous fungus called Aquapteridospora jiangxiensis was discovered and isolated. This study provides a detailed description and identification of the fungus based on its morphology and molecular biology, as well as a key for species identification.
ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
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Paula C. Rodriguez Flores, Kareen E. Schnabel
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Gu Rao, Dan Dai, Hui-Nan Zhao, Yi Liang, Yu Li, Bo Zhang
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Mycology
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Mycology
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Peter R. Johnston, Keith A. Seifert, Jeffrey K. Stone, Amy Y. Rossman, Ludmila Marvanova
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Mycology
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