Heterothallic mating in Mucor irregularis and first isolate of the species outside of Asia

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 714-723

  Schell, Wiley A ^a   O'Donnell, Kerry ^b   Alspaugh, J Andrew ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

heterothallism; Mucor irregularis; mucormycosis; Rhizomucor irregularis; zygomycosis; zygospore

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HETEROTHALLIC MATING; HUMAN; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID; INTRASPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATING; MUCOR; MUCOR IRREGULARIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYMPTOM; ZYGOSPORE;

AGRICULTURE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCORMYCOSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOMUCOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; ZYGOTE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MUCOR; MUCOR HIEMALIS; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR VARIABILIS;

EID: 79957499898     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.568975     Document Type: Article

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