Molecular diversity, new species and antifungal susceptibilities in the Exophiala spinifera clade

Medical Mycology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 545-556

  Vitale, R G ^a,b   De Hoog, G S ^a,c  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antifungals; Exophiala attenuata; Exophiala nishimurae; Exophiala spinifera; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA ATTENUATA; EXOPHIALA NISHIMURAE; EXOPHIALA SPINIFERA; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; YEAST;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA ATTENUATA; EXOPHIALA NISHIMURAE; EXOPHIALA SPINIFERA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0036926905     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714031149     Document Type: Article

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