Are strains identified as Lagenidium sp from dogs actually cryptic isolates of Pythium insidiosum?

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-

  Mendoza, Leonel ^a   Schurko, Andrew ^b   Newton, Joseph C ^c  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DOG; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENUS; LAGENIDIUM; LETTER; MYCOSIS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INFECTION; LAGENIDIUM; PHYLOGENY; PYTHIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LAGENIDIUM; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

EID: 60749090693     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.2.163     Document Type: Letter

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