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Genetic diversity and species delimitation in the opportunistic genus Fonsecaea.
Medical mycology - 1 Feb 2009
Najafzadeh M J, Gueidan C, Badali H, Van Den Ende A H G Gerrits, Xi Lian, De Hoog G S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity and species delimitation were investigated among 39 isolates recovered from clinical and environmental sources in Central and South America, Africa, East Asia and Europe. All had been morphologically identified as Fonsecaea spp. Molecular analyses were based on sequences of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS), -tubulin (TUB1) and actin (ACT1) regions. A phylogenetic approach using...
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