Fungal biota associated with bats in Western France

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Larcher, G ^a,b   Bouchara, J P ^a   Pailley, P ^b   Montfort, D ^b   Beguin, H ^c   De Bievre C ^d   Chabasse, D ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Grp Chiropteres Pays Loire   (France)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bats; France; Keratinophilic fungi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIBERNATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ANIMALIA; APHANOASCUS; APHANOASCUS FULVESCENS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHIROPTERA; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM LOBATUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM MERDARIUM; CORYNASCUS HETEROTHALLICUS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MYCELIOPHTHORA; ONYGENACEAE; RHINOLOPHIDAE; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON TERRESTRE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0037353372     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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