Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer of Prototheca wickerhamii Has Characteristic Structure Useful for Identification and Genotyping

• Noriyuki Hirose,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan, Fukushima Plant, BD Japan, Co., Ltd., Fukushima, Japan

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• Kazuko Nishimura,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan, First Laboratories, Co. Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan

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• Maki Inoue-Sakamoto,

  Affiliations Dermatology Division, Amakusa Chuo General Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Michiaki Masuda

  * E-mail: m-masuda@dokkyomed.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan

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