Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Candida tropicalis isolates by multi-locus sequence typing

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1040-1042

  Jacobsen, Mette D ^a   Davidson, Amanda D ^a   Li, Shu Ying ^b   Shaw, Duncan J ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Odds, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; MLST; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 43049173699     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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