Morphological characterization of in-vitro human hair keratinolysis, produced by identified wild strains of Chrysosporium species

Mycopathologia

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-169

  Mitola, Giuseppina ^a   Escalona, Franklin ^a   Salas, Rodolfo ^a   García, Eymar ^a   Ledesma, Anselmo ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chrysosporium spp.; Keratinolysis; Morphological expression

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ARTICLE; CHRYSOSPORIUM; HAIR; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; HAIR; HUMANS; KERATINS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM SP.; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0038372708     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023340826584     Document Type: Article

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