| novel phaeoacremonium species associated with necrotic wood of prunus trees. | the genus phaeoacremonium is associated with opportunistic human infections, as well as stunted growth and die-back of various woody hosts, especially grapevines. in this study, phaeoacremonium species were isolated from necrotic woody tissue of prunus spp. (plum, peach, nectarine and apricot) from different stone fruit growing areas in south africa. morphological and cultural characteristics as well as dna sequence data (5.8s rdna, its1, its2, beta-tubulin, actin and 18s rdna) were used to iden ... | 2008 | 20467488 |