MLST versus microsatellites for typing Aspergillus fumigatus isolates

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Klaassen, C H W ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Discriminatory power; Microsatellites; MLST; Strain typing

Indexed keywords

ANNEXIN; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; CATALASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MATING TYPE PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC TRANSPORTER; FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67349219312     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802382244     Document Type: Article

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