Debaryomyces hansenii (Candida famata), a rare human fungal pathogen often misidentified as Pichia guilliermondii (Candida guilliermondii)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3237-3242

  Desnos Ollivier, Marie ^a   Ragon, Marie ^a,c   Robert, Vincent ^b   Raoux, Dorothée ^a   Gantier, Jean Charles ^a   Dromer, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; CANDIDA PALMIOLEOPHILA; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; ENVIRONMENT; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA; PICHIA CARIBBICA; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PICHIA JADINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA PALMIOLEOPHILA; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII;

EID: 53649100264     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01451-08     Document Type: Article

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