Physiological and molecular characterization of atypical isolates of Malassezia furfur

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-53

  Gonzalez A ^a   Sierra, R ^a   Cardenas M E ^a   Grajales, A ^a   Restrepo, S ^a   De Cepero Garcia M C ^a   Celis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 26S; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; POLYSORBATE 80;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CATALASE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYSORBATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS;

EID: 58849116014     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01422-08     Document Type: Article

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