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Hortaea werneckii isolated from silicone scuba diving equipment in Spain.
Medical mycology - 1 Nov 2012
Cabañes F Javier, Bragulat M Rosa, Castellá Gemma
Abstract excerpt
During a survey of black yeasts of marine origin, some isolates of Hortaea werneckii were recovered from scuba diving equipment, such as silicone masks and snorkel mouthpieces, which had been kept under poor storage conditions. These yeasts were unambiguously identified by phenotypic and genotypic methods. Phylogenetic analysis of both the D1/D2 regions of 26S rRNA gene and ITS-5.8S rRNA gene sequences showed...
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