The effects of temperature, pH, and salinity on the growth and dimorphism of Penicillium marneffei

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-407

  Cao, Cunwei ^a   Li, Ruoyu ^a   Wan, Zhe ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Qiao, Jianjun ^a   Wang, Duanli ^a   Bulmer, Glenn ^a   Calderone, Richard ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Penicillium marneffei; pH; Physiology; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PH; RAT; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST CELL;

CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPHAE; PENICILLIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 34547558689     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701358600     Document Type: Article

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