Evaluation of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS), specifically ITS1 and ITS2, for the analysis of fungal diversity by deep sequencing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) has been widely used to assess the fungal composition in different environments by deep sequencing.
Rui-Heng Yang +6 more
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Intraspecific Variation and Phylogenetic Relationships Are Revealed by ITS1 Secondary Structure Analysis and Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in Ganoderma lucidum. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Ganoderma lucidum is a typical polypore fungus used for traditional Chinese medical purposes. The taxonomic delimitation of Ganoderma lucidum is still debated.
Xiuqing Zhang +7 more
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Comparison of the performance of ITS1 and ITS2 as barcodes in amplicon-based sequencing of bioaerosols [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 This paper presents the performance of two eukaryotic genomic ribosomal regions, ITS1 and ITS2, in describing fungal diversity in aerosol samples using amplicon-based High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS).
Hamza Mbareche +3 more
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Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020 It has been documented that the genotypic traits in symptomatic and asymptomatic cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) may be different. The current study aimed to find out and compare the genotype and intraspecies diversity of Leishmania Internal ...
Zahra Rezaei +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota) are common inhabitants of the digestive tract of large mammalian herbivores, where they make an important contribution to plant biomass degradation.
Joan E. Edwards +4 more
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ITS1 copy number varies among Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis strains: implications for qPCR estimates of infection intensity from field-collected amphibian skin swabs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Genomic studies of the amphibian-killing fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, [Bd]) identified three highly divergent genetic lineages, only one of which has a global distribution.
Ana V Longo +6 more
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Phylogenetic Relationship Investigation of Some Medicinal Plants Using Nuclear ITS Barcodes [PDF]
Agrotechniques in Industrial Crops, 2023 DNA barcoding is a straightforward strategy that uses short orthologous genetic sequences and standard genomes to specify species. This technique has the capability of molecular identification, detection of living species and discovery of unfamiliar ...
Mahdi Bavi +3 more
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Epidemiological Study and Reservoir Identification of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis From Ardestan in Isfahan, Iran (2015-2016) [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health System Journal, 2023 Background and aims: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) has been considered one of the most common serious parasitic diseases. Some cities in Iran are known as the center of this important parasitic disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines CL as an
Fatemeh Aghdaei +4 more
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Molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis of Pulex irritans in different regions of Iran [PDF]
The Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology, 2021 The present study was conducted to perform a molecular comparison of Pulex irritans based on the mitochondrial genome in four different climatic regions including the Caspian Sea region, a mountainous region, Persian Gulf region, and the Central Desert ...
shahin seidy +2 more
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Specific and sensitive, ready-to-use universal fungi detection by visual color using ITS1 loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined hydroxynaphthol blue [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Being ubiquitous, fungi are common opportunistic pathogens to humans that can lead to invasive and life-threatening infections in immunocompromised individuals.
Ilada Choopara +5 more
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