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Phylogeny of the Ophiostoma stenoceras–Sporothrix schenckii complex

Z. Wilhelm de Beer Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa
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Thomas C. Harrington Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50010
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Hester F. Vismer Programme on Mycotoxins & Experimental Carcinogenesis (PROMEC), Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg, 7505 South Africa
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Brenda D. Wingfield Department of Genetics, Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa
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Michael J. Wingfield Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa
Pages 434-441 | Accepted 09 Sep 2002, Published online: 31 Jan 2017

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