Induction of the sexual stage of Pestalotiopsis microspora, a taxol-producing fungus

The GenBank accession numbers for the sequences determined in this work are: Pestalotiopsis microspora NE-32 18S rDNA, AF104356; Pestalosphaeria hansenii ATCC 48245 18S rDNA, AF242846.

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