Agar block smear preparation: A novel method of slide preparation for preservation of native fungal structures for microscopic examination and long-term storage

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3053-3061

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Ngan, Antonio H Y ^b   Chui, Hon Kit ^b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM FUNICOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOMA GLOMERATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SMEAR;

AGAR; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGI; MICROSCOPY; MYCOLOGY; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL;

ASPERGILLUS; CHAETOMIUM FUNICOLA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM DIMERUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; PHOMA GLOMERATA; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS;

EID: 77956806756     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00917-10     Document Type: Article

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