Article
Genetic diversity of Histoplasma capsulatum strains isolated from Argentina based on nucleotide sequence variations in the internal transcribed spacer regions of rDNA.
Mycoses - 1 May 2014
Landaburu Fernanda, Cuestas María Luján, Rubio Andrea, Elías Nahuel Alejandro, Daneri Gabriela Lopez, Veciño Cecilia, Iovannitti Cristina A, Mujica María Teresa
Abstract excerpt
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of rDNA genes of 49 Histoplasma capsulatum (48 from clinical samples and one from soil) isolates were examined. Nucleotide sequence heterogeneity within this region was useful for phylogenetic classification of H. capsulatum and species identification. Thus, in 45 of 49 isolates we observed higher percentages of identity in the nucleotide sequences of ITS regions when...
Topics
- Animals
- Argentina
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Fungal
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
- Genetic Variation
- Histoplasma
- Histoplasmosis
- Horse Diseases
- Horses
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny