Multilocus analysis of the Exophiala jeanselmei clade containing black yeasts involved in opportunistic disease in humans

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-16

  Zeng, Jingsi ^a,b,c   Feng, Peiying ^a,d   Van Den Ende, A H G Gerrits ^a   Xi, Liyan ^d   Harrak, M J ^a,b   De Hoog, G S ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^f SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black yeasts; Clonality; Exophiala; ITS diagnostics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898836045     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-013-0226-9     Document Type: Article

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