Exophiala spinifera and its allies: Diagnostics from morphology to DNA barcoding

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-208

  Zeng, J S ^a,b,c   de Hoog, G S ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Barcoding; Black yeasts; Diagnostics; Exophiala; Genetics; Immunology; Morphology; Physiology

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA BERGERI; EXOPHIALA EXOPHIALAE; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; EXOPHIALA NIGRA; EXOPHIALA NISHIMURAE; EXOPHIALA OLIGOSPERMA; EXOPHIALA SPINIFERA; EXOPHIALA XENOBIOTICA; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPHOMYCETES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOANNELLOMYCES ELEGANS; RAMICHLORIDIUM BASITONUM; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHINOCLADIELLA SIMILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA BERGERI; EXOPHIALA EXOPHIALAE; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; EXOPHIALA NIGRA; EXOPHIALA NISHIMURAE; EXOPHIALA OLIGOSPERMA; EXOPHIALA SPINIFERA; PHAEOANNELLOMYCES ELEGANS; RAMICHLORIDIUM BASITONUM; RHINOCLADIELLA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EXOPHIALA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 47249113020     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701799217     Document Type: Review

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