Isolation of Mucor circinelloides from a case of ulcerative mycosis of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), and a comparison of the response of Mucor circinelloides and Mucor amphibiorum to different culture temperatures

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-206

  Stewart, N J ^a   Munday, B L ^a   Hawkesford, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mucor amphibiorum; Mucor circinelloides; Platypus; Ulcerative mycosis

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MONOTREMATE; MUCOR; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; PLATYPUS; SKIN ULCER; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; MONOTREMATA; MUCOR AMPHIBIORUM; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 0032796659     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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