Use of morphology index histograms to quantify populations of the fungal pathogen Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 197-202

  San Blas, Gioconda ^a   Padrón, Raúl ^a   Alamo, Lorenzo ^a   San Blas, Felipe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Morphogenesis; Morphology index; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGUS MUTANT; HISTOGRAM; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0031024265     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-1-197     Document Type: Article

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