Fungal taxonomy: New developments in medically important fungi

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-178

  Boekhout, Teun ^a   Gueidan, Cécile ^a   De Hoog, Sybren ^a   Samson, Rob ^a   Varga, Janos ^a   Walther, Grit ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS; BASIDIOMYCETES; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; EUROTIALES; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA; MELANIZED FUNGI; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCEDOSPORIUM; TAXONOMY; TRICHOSPORON; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 79951980538     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-009-0022-x     Document Type: Review

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