Amphibian chytridiomycosis in Japan: Distribution, haplotypes and possible route of entry into Japan

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4757-4774

  Goka, Koichi ^a   Yokoyama, Jun ^b   Une, Yumi ^c   Kuroki, Toshiro ^d   Suzuki, Kazutaka ^a   Nakahara, Miri ^a   Kobayashi, Arei ^a   Inaba, Shigeki ^e   Mizutani, Tomoo ^f   Hyatt, Alex D ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

^f Japan Ministry of the Environment   (Japan)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Andrias japonicus; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrids; ITS; Nested PCR; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; JAPAN; MYCOSES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANDRIAS JAPONICUS; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA JAPONICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 70449705935     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04384.x     Document Type: Article

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