Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis spp. nov. to replace Candida parapsilosis groups II and III

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 284-292

  Tavanti, Arianna ^a   Davidson, Amanda D ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^b   Odds, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 5.8S; SPACER DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CANDIDA; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS;

EID: 11844300413     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.284-292.2005     Document Type: Article

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