Molecular identification of a clinical isolate of non-pigmented and asporogenic Aspergillus fumigatus strain which cannot be identified by traditional morphological methods.

doi:10.3314/jjmm.42.91

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Molecular identification of a clinical isolate of non-pigmented and asporogenic Aspergillus fumigatus strain which cannot be identified by traditional morphological methods.

Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of medical mycology - 1 Jan 2001

Watanabe K, Katsu M, Tamura M, Yazawa K, Kamei K, Mikami Y, Nishimura K

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A non-pigmented and asporogenic fungal strain without taxonomically useful characteristics was isolated from sputum of a patient with chronic bronchitis. Although the taxonomic position could not be determined based on traditional morphological criteria, the fungus was identified as an Aspergillus fumigatus mutant strain by molecular techniques including ITS sequence analysis and PCR identification system using a...

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Molecular identification of a clinical isolate of non-pigmented and asporogenic Aspergillus fumigatus strain which cannot be identified by traditional morphological methods.

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