Elucidation of distribution patterns and possible infection routes of the neurotropic black yeast Exophiala dermatitidis using AFLP

• Main Authors: Montarop Sudhadham, A. H G Gerrits Van Den Ende, P. Sihanonth, S. Sivichai, R. Chaiyarat, S. B J Menken, A. Van Belkum, G. S. De Hoog
• Other Authors: CBS Fungal Biodiversity Center CBS - KNAW
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/11263
• Institution: Mahidol University

Distribution of populations of the opportunistic black yeast Exophiala dermatitidis was studied using AFLP. This fungus has been hypothesized to have a natural habitat in association with frugivorous birds and bats in the tropical rain forest, and to emerge in the human-dominated environment, where...