Isolation of dermatophytes and other keratinophilic fungi from the vicinity of salt pan soils of Mumbai, India

Mycopathologia

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-267

  Deshmukh, S K ^a  

^a Nicholas Piramal India Limited   (India)

Author keywords

India; Keratinophilic fungi; Marshy meadows; Mumbai; Salt pans; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHRYSOSPORIUM FLUVIALE; CHRYSOSPORIUM INDICUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM TROPICUM; CTENOMYCES SERRATUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; MALBRANCHEA; MALBRANCHEA AURANTIACA; MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON TERRESTRE; UNCINOCARPUS REESII;

ARTHRODERMA; ARTICLE; DEUTEROMYCETES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 3242683606     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000024174.69248.8d     Document Type: Article

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