Molecular genetic variation in Emmonsia crescens and Emmonsia parva, etiologic agents of adiaspiromycosis, and their phylogenetic relationship to Blastomyces dermatitidis (Ajellomyces dermatitidis) and other systemic fungal pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2918-2925

  Peterson, Stephen W ^a   Sigler, Lynne ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADIASPIROMYCOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EMMONSIA CRESCENS; EMMONSIA PARVA; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCES; EMMONSIA; EMMONSIA CRESCENS; EMMONSIA PARVA; FUNGI; ONYGENACEAE; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0031659831     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.2918-2925.1998     Document Type: Article

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