Fulfilling Koch's postulates confirms the mycotic origin of Lethargic Crab Disease

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 601-608

  Orélis Ribeiro, Raphael ^a   Boeger, Walter A ^a   Vicente, Vânia A ^a   Chammas, Marcelo ^a   Ostrensky, Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Black yeast; Exophiala cancerae (strain CBS 120420); Koch's postulates; Lethargic crab disease; Pathogenicity; Systemic phaeohyphomycosis; Ucides cordatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA CANCERAE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHARGIC CRAB DISEASE; LETHARGY; MORTALITY; MYCELIUM; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; EXOPHIALA;

ANIMALIA; CHAETOTHYRIALES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EXOPHIALA; GECARCINIDAE; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 79952486015     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-010-9531-4     Document Type: Article

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