Molecular taxonomy and epidemiology of blastomyces and histoplasma species

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 69-81

  Guého, Eveline ^a   Leclerc, M C ^b   De Hoog, G S ^c   Dupont, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Blastomyces; Dimorphic onygenalean; Emmonsiella; Histoplasma; nDNA DNA homology; rRNA phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; DNA DENATURATION; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; APHANOASCUS FULVESCENS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCES DERMATIDIS; CHRYSOSPORIUM KERATINOPHILUM; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; EMMONSIA; ONYGENACEAE; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES;

EID: 0030715351     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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