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The utility of mitochondrial DNA restriction analysis in the classification of strains of Chrysosporium (hyphomycetes)

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The taxonomy of the fungal genus Chrysosporium is mainly based on morphological features. In our current studies we have found several Chrysosporium species which showed intermediate morphological characteristics between several species. For this reason, we have carried out an analysis of the mitochondrial DNA restriction fragments of these strains that have permit us to classify each isolate strain in a species.

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  1. Unidad de Microbiología, Escuela de Enología, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Ramón i Cajal s/n, 43005, Tarragona, Spain

    J. Cano & J. M. Guillamón

  2. Unidad de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, San Lorenzo 21, 43201, Reus, Spain

    P. Vidal & J. Guarro

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Cano, J., Guillamón, J.M., Vidal, P. et al. The utility of mitochondrial DNA restriction analysis in the classification of strains of Chrysosporium (hyphomycetes). Mycopathologia 134, 65–69 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436866

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