Molecular characterization of Malassezia isolates from dogs using three distinct genetic markers in nuclear DNA

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-238

  Cafarchia, Claudia ^a   Stefania Latrofa, Maria ^a   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Parisi, Antonio ^b   Guillot, Jacques ^c   Gasser, Robin B ^d   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase 2 gene (CHS2); Dog; First internal transcribed spacer (ITS 1) of ribosomal DNA; Large subunit (LSU) of ribosomal DNA; Malassezia; Molecular characterization

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHS2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ITS 1 GENE; LSU GENE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOGS; GENETIC MARKERS; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 33947256881     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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