supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (Grant No. 7052009)
Pneumocystis spp. infect the lungs of multiple mammalian species and cause disease in immunosuppressed individuals. The Pneumocystis isolates that have been studied to date fall into two major clades, those from prima...
Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing, China (Grant No. 7052009);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30470243)
To clarify the phylogenetic relationships and species status of Pneumocystis, the 5.8S rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacers (ITS, 1 and 2) of Pneumocystis rRNA derived from rat, gerbil and human were amplifi...