Efficacy of a selective isolation procedure for members of the Pseudallescheria boydii complex

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-322

  Rainer, Johannes ^a   Kaltseis, Josef ^a   de Hoog, Sybren G ^b   Summerbell, Richard C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c Sporometrics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecologic niche; Isolation; Pseudallescheria; SceSel+; Selective medium

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PETRIELLA GUTTULATA; PETRIELLA SETIFERA; PETRIELLIDIUM; PETRIELLIDIUM ANGUSTA; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PETRIELLIDIUM ELLIPSOIDEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; LEONIA; MICROASCACEAE; PETRIELLA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII;

EID: 38649132862     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-007-9206-y     Document Type: Article

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