Phylogenetic classification of Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex strains based on DNA sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 regions

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2629-2633

  Makimura, Koichi ^a   Mochizuki, Takashi ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^c   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^a   Saito, Hiuga ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA SIMII; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0031821521     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2629-2633.1998     Document Type: Article

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