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Phylogenetic Spectrum of Fungi That Are Pathogenic to Humans
1 Aug 1994
Abstract excerpt
Recent phylogenetic studies based on ribosomal RNA sequences have confirmed that the organisms traditionally treated as fungi include those that have evolved from several different lines (multiphyletic organisms), as has been suspected. Even organisms causing disease in humans represent at least two evolutional lines. Pythium insidiosum and Prototheca species are both believed to have evolved from one line, while...
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