Phylogenetic relationships of varieties and geographical groups of the human pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum darling

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 653-663

  Kasuga, Takao ^a   Taylor, John W ^b   White, Thomas J ^a  

^a ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC DISTANCE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; BLASTOMYCES; FUNGI; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM VAR. DUBOISII; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM VAR. FARCIMINOSUM; PARACOCCIDIOIDES;

EID: 0033041535     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.653-663.1999     Document Type: Article

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