title: Rep-PCR and RAPD-PCR fingerprinting of Aspergillus terreus.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University , Austria.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mutschlechner
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grif
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lass-Flörl
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods; D058889:Molecular Typing / Q000379:methods*; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal