Absence of DNA sequence diversity of the intergenic spacer 1 region in Malassezia nana isolates from cats

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-429

  De Bellis, Filippo ^a   Castellá, Gemma ^b   Cabañes, F Javier ^b   Bond, Ross ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cat; Intergenic spacer 1; Malassezia nana; Skin

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPANESE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA NANA; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MALASSEZIA NANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 76649130530     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903170894     Document Type: Article

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