Genetic relationship between Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii

Medical Mycology Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-227

  Anzawa, Kazushi ^a   Kawasaki, Masako ^a   Hironaga, Masaki ^b   Mochizuki, Takashi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hironaga Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii; Clinical appearance; Genetic relationship; Mating type; Trichophyton interdigitale; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MATING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; TRICHOPHYTON INTERDIGITALE;

EID: 80052583010     PISSN: 21856486     EISSN: 2186165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/mmj.52.223     Document Type: Article

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