CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPERGILLUS ISOLATES BY PYROLYSIS MASS-SPECTROMETRY

Authors
LAW D SISSON PR FREEMAN R DENNING DW
Citation
D. Law et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPERGILLUS ISOLATES BY PYROLYSIS MASS-SPECTROMETRY, Mycoses, 39(11-12), 1996, pp. 433-436
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
39
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
433 - 436
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1996)39:11-12<433:COAIBP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Pyrolysis mass spectrometry (PYMS) is a useful typing method for many bacterial and Candida species. We attempted to type Aspergillus spp. b y PYMS. Four distinct A. fumigatus isolates could not be distinguished from each other, whereas one A. niger and one A. terreus could. Poor reproducibility was shown using multiple identical cultures of a singl e A. fumigatus isolate and several isolates of the same DNA type. PYMS is obviously an unsuitable typing method for Aspergillus spp.