Morphological and ecological similarities: wood-boring beetles associated with novel xylose-fermenting yeasts, Spathaspora passalidarum gen. sp. nov. and Candida jeffriesii sp. nov.

@article{Nguyen2006MorphologicalAE,
  title={Morphological and ecological similarities: wood-boring beetles associated with novel xylose-fermenting yeasts, Spathaspora passalidarum gen. sp. nov. and Candida jeffriesii sp. nov.},
  author={Nhu H. Nguyen and Sung-Oui Suh and Christopher J. Marshall and Meredith Blackwell},
  journal={Mycological research},
  year={2006},
  volume={110 Pt 10},
  pages={
          1232-41
        }
}
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