Taxonomy and biology of fungi causing human infection;Taxonomía y biología de los hongos causantes de infección en humanos

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-39

  Guarro, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Fungal infection; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DERMATOPHYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUSARIUM; MALASSEZIA; MUCORALES; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SCEDOSPORIUM; SPOROTHRIX; TAXONOMY; TRICHOSPORON;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOSES;

EID: 84856006162     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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