Soil dermatophytes in Madras, India, in relation to human ringworm

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Balajee, S A M ^a   Ranganathan, S ^a   Menon, Thangam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Dr ALM Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii; Dermatophytes; Mating pattern; Microsporum gypseum; Soil; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INDIA; MATING TYPE; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

EID: 0031440052     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00239.x     Document Type: Article

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