Tobacco agar: A new medium for chlamydosporulation in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 473-475

  Girish Kumar, C P ^a   Menon, Thangam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Candida; Chlamydospores; Tobacco agar

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; TOBACCO;

AGAR; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TOBACCO;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 24644495142     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780400029205     Document Type: Article

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