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Medical Mycology Volume 51, 2013 - Issue 8
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Rep-PCR and RAPD-PCR fingerprinting of Aspergillus terreus

Wolfgang MutschlechnerDepartment of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Katharina GrifDepartment of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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Gerhard BlumDepartment of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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Cornelia Lass-FlörlDepartment of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Pages 876-879 | Received 24 Oct 2012, Accepted 03 Apr 2013, Published online: 13 Jun 2013
 

Abstract

We compared two PCR methods for molecular typing the medically important filamentous fungus Aspergillus terreus. In a set of 46 strains investigated we found 19 and 12 different fingerprinting types obtained by random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR (RAPD) and semi-automated repetitive element PCR (rep-PCR), respectively.

Acknowledgments

We are indebted to Mr. Daniel Geisler-Moroder for technical assistance and particularly for collecting diverse environmental study samples.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and the writing of the paper.

This paper was first published online on Early Online on 10 June 2013.

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