TY - JOUR AU - Harris, James AB - Mycopathologia 152: 159–160, 2000. Book review Atlas of Clinical Fungi, 2nd Edition by G.S. de- the older edition, have been moved to the status of Hoog H. Gene, and M.J. Figueras. Centraalbureau “pseudo fungi” based on the expanding SSU rDNA voor Schimmelcultures, 2000, 1126 pp.; 95 EUR. restriction mapping of these organisms. Phylogenetic trees are included throughout the second edition to Mycologists familiar with the first edition of this text show molecular relatedness of the described fungi. will quickly recognize that the second edition of the Rather than separating fungi into two categories, (1) Atlas is significantly larger. While medical mycology pathogenic fungi and common opportunists and (2) remains a morphologically focused science in most rare opportunistic fungi, as was done previously, the hospital laboratories, this book offers to carry my- second edition brings all included organisms together cologists to a new level of fungal differentiation and in what seems to be a more unified series of orderly includes much more than morphological details for groupings. most of the 397 species described. The main audi- Standardization of culture conditions was con- ence for this book will be clinical laboratory scientists sidered important in compiling information for both who must TI - Atlas of Clinical Fungi, 2nd Edition by G.S. deHoog H. Gene, and M.J. Figueras. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures JF - Mycopathologia DO - 10.1023/A:1013183715057 DA - 2004-10-08 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/atlas-of-clinical-fungi-2nd-edition-by-g-s-dehoog-h-gene-and-m-j-FVjfOLt01N SP - 159 EP - 160 VL - 152 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -