Exophiala xenobiotica sp. nov., an opportunistic black yeast inhabiting environments rich in hydrocarbons

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-268

  De Hoog, G S ^a,b   Zeng, J S ^a,b,c   Harrak, M J ^a,b   Sutton, D A ^d  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Black yeast; Cutaneous infection; Ecology; Exophiala jeanselmei; Hydrocarbon; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON;

ALKANE; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROCARBON; TAXONOMY; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA XENOBIOTICA; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

HYDROCARBONS; PHYLOGENY; YEASTS;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI;

EID: 33748193770     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9080-z     Document Type: Article

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