Evaluation of the effect of pH on in vitro growth of Malassezia pachydermatis

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-59

  Matousek, Jennifer L ^a   Campbell, Karen L ^a   Kakoma, Ibulaimu ^a   Solter, Philip F ^a   Schaeffer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOPICAL AGENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOG; EVALUATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PH; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; YEAST;

ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALASSEZIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 0037260092     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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