New PCR method to differentiate species in the Aspergillus niger aggregate

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-196

  Accensi, F ^a   Cano, J ^b   Figuera, L ^b   Abarca, M L ^a   Cabanes F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

5.8S rDNA; Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus tubingensis; PCR; RFLP analysis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS;

EID: 0032731919     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00485-1     Document Type: Article

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