Brown-red pigment formation by the mycelial phase of a clinical isolate of Histoplasma capsulatum on staib agar: A preliminary report

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 283, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-521

  Staib, Friedrich ^a,b,c   Grosse, Gernot ^a  

^a Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPLASMA; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGAR; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; HISTOPLASMA; HUMANS; MALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030116652     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80129-0     Document Type: Article

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