Ecology of Pseudallescheria and Scedosporium species in human-dominated and natural environments and their distribution in clinical samples

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 398-405

  Kaltseis, J ^a   Rainer, J ^a   De Hoog, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical samples; Ecology; Habitat; Pseudallescheria; Scedosporium; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FUNGAL DNA;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASCOMYCETES; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PH; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SCEDOSPORIUM DEHOOGII; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS;

PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII; PSEUDALLESCHERIA MINUTISPORA; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM AURANTIACUM;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SCEDOSPORIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67449090613     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802585317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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