Multilocus differentiation of the related dermatophytes Microsporum canis, Microsporum ferrugineum and Microsporum audouinii

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Rezaei Matehkolaei, Ali ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^b   Sybren de Hoog, G ^c,d   Shidfar, Mohammad Reza ^a   Satoh, Kazuo ^b   Najafzadeh, Mohammad Javad ^e   Mirhendi, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BANL ENZYME; BETA TUBULIN; BSHNL ENZYME; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DERMATOPHYTE; HUMAN; IRAN; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM FERRUGINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA PEDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROSPORUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TINEA; TUBULIN;

EID: 83755195331     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.036541-0     Document Type: Article

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