Ecology and taxonomy of pathogenic aspergilli

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Gugnani, Harish C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Classification; Ecology; Genetics of Aspergillus; Human diseases; Identification of Aspergilli; Molecular classification; Review

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGRICULTURE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS GLAUCUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS RESTRICTUS; ASPERGILLUS USTUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CANCER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; INDUSTRY; LUNG INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS GLAUCUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS RESTRICTUS; ASPERGILLUS USTUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; AVES; CHAETOSARTORYA; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUROTIUM; FENNELLIA; FUNGI; GLAUCUS; NEOSARTORYA; PETROMYCES; WARCUPIELLA;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ECOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 3142705901     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1002     Document Type: Review

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