rDNA-RFLP and ITS1 sequencing of species of the genus Fonsecaea, agents of chromoblastomycosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 219-225

  Attili, D S ^a,b   De Hoog, G S ^a   Pizzirani Kleiner, A A ^b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromoblastomycosis; Fonsecaea; ITS1 sequencing; PCR RFLP; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FONSECAEA; FONSECAEA COMPACTA; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGI;

EID: 33746437995     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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