Massive Contamination of Exophiala dermatitidis and E. phaeomuriformis in Railway Stations in Subtropical Turkey

Mycopathologia

Volumn 175, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 381-386

  Döǧen, Aylin ^a   Kaplan, Engin ^a   Ilkit, Macit ^b   de Hoog, G Sybren ^c,d,e,f  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^f SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black yeast like fungi; Chaetothyriales; Creosote; Environmental isolation; Exophiala phaeomuriformis; Exophialadermatitidis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXOPHIALA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RAILWAY; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CLIMATE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXOPHIALA; RAILROADS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84878604286     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-012-9594-z     Document Type: Article

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