Significance of fungal evolution for the understanding of their pathogenicity, illustrated with agents of phaeohyphomycosis

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 5-8

  De Hoog, G S ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black yeasts; Chromoblastomycosis; Cladophialophora; Dithideaceae; Evolution; Herpotrichiellaceae; Opportunism; Pathogenicity; Phaeohyphomycosis; Phylogeny; Pleosporaceae

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PLANTS;

EID: 0031470399     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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