Taxonomy of Exophiala spinifera and its relationship to E. jeanselmei

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 1999, Issue 43, 1999, Pages 133-142

  De Hoog, G S ^a   Poonwan, N ^b   Gerrits Van Den Ende, A H G ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Black yeasts; Exophiala; ITS; Medical mycology; Physiology; Sequencing; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033449929     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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