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Molecular Characterization of Prototheca strains isolated in China revealed the first cases of protothecosis associated with Prototheca zopfii genotype 1.
Medical mycology - 1 Apr 2018
Hirose Noriyuki, Hua Zhensheng, Kato Yuichi, Zhang Qiangqiang, Li Ruoyu, Nishimura Kazuko, Masuda Michiaki
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In this study, six strains of Prototheca isolated in China from human patients diagnosed as protothecosis and cows with mastitis were characterized by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nucleotide sequencing of the ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) and by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The results indicated that three strains isolated from the human patients...
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