Isolation of Penicillium marneffei From Soil and Wild Rodents in Guangdong, SE China

Mycopathologia

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 447-451

  Li, Xiqing ^a   Yang, Yabo ^a   Zhang, Xia ^a   Zhou, Xianyi ^b   Lu, Sha ^a   Ma, Li ^a   Lu, Changming ^a   Xi, Liyan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bamboo rat; China; Ecology; Penicillium marneffei; Rat; Soil

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; RAT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHINA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CRICETINAE; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROTUS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; RATTUS; RHIZOMYS PRUINOSUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80855143603     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-011-9443-5     Document Type: Article

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