The pathogen of frogs Amphibiocystidium ranae is a member of the order dermocystida in the class mesomycetozoea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 192-198

  Pereira, Cristiane N ^a   Di Rosa, Ines ^b   Fagotti, Anna ^b   Simoncelli, Francesca ^b   Pascolini, Rita ^b   Mendoza, Leonel ^a,c  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDOMYCETALES; EOSINOPHIL; FROG; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL ENDOSPORE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SPORANGIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RANA ESCULENTA; RANIDAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

AMPHIBIOCYSTIDIUM RANAE; ANURA; AVES; DERMOCYSTIDA; DERMOCYSTIDIUM; DERMOCYSTIDIUM PERCAE; FUNGI; ICHTHYOSPOREA; MAMMALIA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE; RHINOSPORIDIUM; RHINOSPORIDIUM SEEBERI; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SPHAEROTHECUM; SPHAEROTHECUM DESTRUENS;

EID: 11844301631     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.192-198.2005     Document Type: Article

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