Ecogenomics of Human and Animal Basidiomycetous Yeast Pathogens

The Ecological Genomics of Fungi

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 215-242

  Sun, Sheng ^a   Hagen, Ferry ^b   Xu, Jun ^c   Dawson, Tom ^c   Heitman, Joseph ^a   Kronstad, James ^d   Saunders, Charles ^c   Boekhout, Teun ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118735893.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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