Cryptococcus typing: What is in a name?

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-

  Hagen, Ferry ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65349185020     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1873-9598(09)70026-2     Document Type: Letter

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