Rapid identification of Pseudallescheria and Scedosporium strains by using rolling circle amplification

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-133

  Lackner, Michaela ^a,b,c   Najafzadeh, Mohammad Javad ^d   Sun, Jiufeng ^a,e   Lu, Qiaoyun ^a,f   de Hoog, G Sybren ^a,e,g  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) Biosafety Laboratory   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY; GENBANK; IN-VITRO; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS; LOW COSTS; RAPID IDENTIFICATION; RESEARCH DATABASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATIONS; SCREENING TOOL; SEQUENCE COMPARISONS; SOIL AND WATER; SPECIES RECOGNITION; SPECIES-SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION;

BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; HYDROCARBONS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PROBES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

FUNGAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AMPLIFICATION; BIOINDICATOR; DATABASE; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SCEDOSPORIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA PROBES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SCEDOSPORIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CENTRAALBUREAU VOOR; FUNGI; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII; PSEUDALLESCHERIA MINUTISPORA; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM AURANTIACUM;

EID: 84862912514     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05280-11     Document Type: Article

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