Comparison of different methods for species identification of genus Candida;Comparación de diferentes métodos para la identificación de especies del género Candida

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-21

  Lopez C ^a   Giro, L ^a   Ramos, L ^a   Ramadan S ^a   Bulacio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Candida; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CARBOHYDRATES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 21244465144     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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