Genetic diversity and biochemical characteristics of Trichosporon asahii isolated from clinical specimens, houses of patients with summer-Type-hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and environmental materials

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2405-2411

  Sugita, T ^a   Ichikawa, T ^a   Matsukura, M ^a   Sueda, M ^a   Takashima, M ^a   Ikeda, R ^a   Nishikawa, A ^a   Shinoda, T ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUMMER; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOSPORON; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PROTOZOA; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

EID: 0034956522     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2405-2411.2001     Document Type: Article

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