title: RNA homology and the reclassification of Pneumocystis.
abstract: The identification of sequence similarities in ribosome RNA subunits from Pneumocystis and certain fungi has led to the suggestion that this presumed protozoan be reclassified as a fungus. However, the absence of predictable characteristics from the fungi as a group to Pneumocystis as a genus indicates that we should wait until additional rRNA coding sequences of more organisms have been compared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Frenkel
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal