Advances in the identification of Malassezia

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Cafarchia, Claudia ^a   Gasser, Robin B ^b   Figueredo, Luciana A ^a   Latrofa, Maria Stefania ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis of genetic variation; Diagnosis; Malassezia; Molecular identification; Phenetic identification; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CATALASE; CREMOPHOR; FUNGAL DNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MALASSEZIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 79551478561     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2010.12.003     Document Type: Review

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