DNA sequence diversity of intergenic spacer I region in the non-lipid-dependent species Malassezia pachydermatis isolated from animals

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Takeo, K ^c   Hama, K ^c   Virtudazo, E ^c   Takashima, M ^d   Nishikawa, A ^a   Kucsera, J ^e   Dorogi, J ^f   Komori, S ^b   Nakagaki, K ^e   Vollekova, A ^g   Slavikova, E ^h   Farkas, V ^h  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^f Dr Juhasz Tamas Clinic Small Animals   (Hungary)

^g Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^h INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Intergenic spacer (IGS); Malassezia pachydermatis; rDNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOG DISEASE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; SKIN DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 19944430133     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369378042000193185     Document Type: Article

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