Unusual ultrastructural characteristics of the yeast Malassezia pachydermatis

Scripta Medica Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Brunensis Masarykianae

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-186

  David, M ^a   Gabriel, M ^a   Kopecka M ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Lipophilic yeast; Malassezia pachydermatis; Morphology; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; FREEZE FRACTURE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST CELL;

EID: 1942536097     PISSN: 12113395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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