Biofilm formation by cryptococcus neoformans under distinct environmental conditions

Mycopathologia

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Ravi, Sailatha ^a   Pierce, Christopher ^a   Witt, Colleen ^a   Wormley Jr , Floyd L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Biofilms; Cryptococcal biofilms; Cryptococcus neoformans; Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms; Fungal biofilms

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOFILMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TEMPERATURE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 67349250479     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9180-6     Document Type: Article

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