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SUBMITTER: Cruywagen EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3028506 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cruywagen E M EM de Beer Z W ZW Roux J J Wingfield M J MJ
Persoonia 20101208
Baobabs (Adansonia spp.) are iconic trees, known for their immense size, strange forms, sources of food and as the subjects of myths and mysteries. It is thus surprising that little is known regarding the fungi that infect these trees. During a survey to determine which wound infecting fungi occur on baobabs, synnematous structures were observed and Graphium-like isolates were obtained. Culture characteristics and micro-morphology, together with DNA sequence comparisons for the SSU rRNA, rRNA-IT ...[more]