Keratinophilic fungi on feathers of common clinically healthy birds in Bahrain

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-77

  Mandeel, Qaher ^a   Nardoni, Simona ^b   Mancianti, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Bird feather; Keratinophilic fungi

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA TUBERCULATUM; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BIRD; CHICKEN; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM KERATINOPHILUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM MERDARIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM TROPICUM; DUCK; FEATHER; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SEPEDONIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALS; BAHRAIN; BIRDS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEATHERS; FUNGI; KERATINS;

ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA TUBERCULATUM; AVES; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM KERATINOPHILUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM MERDARIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM TROPICUM; COLUMBA; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SEPEDONIUM; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 78649858180     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01755.x     Document Type: Article

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