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Reexamination of Coccidioides spp. reserved in the Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, based on a multiple gene analysis.
Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of medical mycology - 1 Jan 2006
Sano Ayako, Miyaji Makoto, Kamei Katsuhiko, Mikami Yuzuru, Nishimura Kazuko
Abstract excerpt
The Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University is the only organization in Japan to possess a series isolates of Coccidioides spp., which are the most virulent pathogenic fungi and which are treated as biosafety level 3 microorganisms. Recently, the genus Coccidioides has been classified into two species, C. immitis and C. posadasii, based on their endemic areas and genotyping;...
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