In vitro effect of streptomycin on clinical isolates of Pythium insidiosum

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 371-373

  McMeekin, Dorothy ^a   Mendoza, Leonel ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Heterokaryosis; Inhibition; Pythiosis; Stimulation; Variation; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037734601     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761492     Document Type: Article

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