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Original Articles

Molecular and phenotypic descriptions of Stachybotrys chlorohalonata sp. nov. and two chemotypes of Stachybotrys chartarum found in water-damaged buildings

Birgitte Andersen
,
Kristian F. Nielsen
,
Ulf Thrane Mycology Group, BioCentrum-DTU, Søltofts Plads, Building 221, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
,
Tim Szaro
,
John W. Taylor Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3102
&
Bruce B. Jarvis Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Pages 1227-1238 | Accepted 24 Mar 2003, Published online: 31 Jan 2017

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