Intraspecies diversity of Cryptococcus laurentii as revealed by sequences of internal transcribed spacer regions and 28S rRNA gene and taxonomic position of C. laurentii clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1468-1471

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Takashima, Masako ^b   Ikeda, Reiko ^a   Nakase, Takashi ^b   Shinoda, Takako ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII;

EID: 0033997689     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1468-1471.2000     Document Type: Article

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