Development of natural culture media for rapid induction of Fonsecaea pedrosoi sclerotic cells in vitro

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3839-3841

  Da Silva, Moises Batista ^a   Da Silva, Jorge Pereira ^a,b   Yamano, Suellen Sirleide Pereira ^a   Salgado, Ubirajara Imbiriba ^a,c   Diniz, José Antonio Picanço ^d   Salgado, Claudio Guedes ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UFPA   (Brazil)

^c UEPA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^e UEPA/UFPA/MC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CHROMOMYCOSIS; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CULTURE MEDIA; MYCOLOGY;

FONSECAEA PEDROSOI;

EID: 55849113636     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00482-08     Document Type: Article

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