Genetic relationship between human and animal isolates of Candida albicans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6164-6166

  Edelmann, Anke ^a   Krüger, Monika ^a   Schmid, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HOST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DOGS; FUNGEMIA; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 30744445753     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6164-6166.2005     Document Type: Article

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