Environmental detection of Penicillium marneffei and growth in soil microcosms in competition with Talaromyces stipitatus

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Pryce Miller, Elizabeth ^c   Aanensen, David ^a   Vanittanakom, Nongnuch ^b   Fisher, Matthew C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Microbiology Unit   (Thailand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Endemic; Environmental; Fungus; Mycosis; Penicillium; Quantitative environmental PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; TALAROMYCES; TALAROMYCES STIPITATUS;

EID: 43749096529     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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