Global ITS diversity in the Sporothrix schenckii complex

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-165

  Zhou, Xun ^a,b   Rodrigues, Anderson M ^b,c   Feng, Peiying ^b,d   De Hoog, G S ^b,d,e,f  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Barcoding; ITS; Phylogeny; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902656152     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-013-0220-2     Document Type: Article

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