Partial sequences of large subunit ribosomal DNA of a new yeast species, Trichosporon domesticum and related species

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 571-573

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^b   Nishikawa, Akemi ^a   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^b   Shinoda, Takako ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Large subunit rDNA; Phylogenetic tree; Trichosporon domesticum

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES; TRICHOSPORON; YEAST;

TRICHOSPORON BRASSICAE; TRICHOSPORON DOMESTICUM; TRICHOSPORON MONTEVIDEENSE;

EID: 0030810960     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01893.x     Document Type: Article

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