Occurrence of yeasts in cloacae of migratory birds

Mycopathologia

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 229-234

  Cafarchia, C ^a   Camarda, A ^a   Romito, D ^a   Campolo, M ^a   Quaglia, N C ^a   Tullio, D ^a   Otranto, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; Cloacae; Cryptococcus spp.; Rhodotorula spp.; Trichosporon spp.; Wild bird; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLOACA; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; WILD ANIMAL; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CLOACA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; FULICA ATRA; FUNGI; PHASIANIDAE; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; RALLIDAE; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; TRICHOSPORON (UNCLASSIFIED); TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM;

EID: 33645236291     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-0194-z     Document Type: Article

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