Chlamydospore formation on staib agar as a species-specific characteristic of Candida dubliniensis

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 521-524

  Staib, P ^a   Morschhäuser, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida dubliniensis; Chlamydospores; Rough colony form; Staib agar

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOROGENESIS;

AGAR; CANDIDA; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; FUNGI; GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA;

EID: 0032754138     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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