Molecular characterization of Malassezia nana isolates from cats

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 363-367

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

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Great Western Referrals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta tubulin gene; Cat; Malassezia nana; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CAT; COW; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA NANA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MALASSEZIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA NANA;

EID: 79951576917     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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