Growth-promoting factors for yeast cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Mycoscience

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-39

  Kurita, Nobuyuki ^a   Sano, Ayako ^a   Soares, Angela ^b   Mendes, Rinaldo P ^b   Franco, Marcello F ^b   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Iron; Iron chelator; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Plating efficiency; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0343982530     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461454     Document Type: Article

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