Variation of slime production and ultrastructural analysis in clinical and soil isolates of Candida parapsilosis

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-24

  Eugenio, Pontieri ^a   Roberta, Sierra ^a   Antonella, Vetuschi ^a   Eugenio, Gaudio ^a   Giuseppe, Carruba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida parapsilosis; Concanvalin A; Scanning electron microscope; Slime production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004989480     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/mehd.v10i1.7821     Document Type: Article

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