Sub-inhibitory concentration of biogenic selenium nanoparticles lacks post antifungal effect for Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans and stimulates the growth of Aspergillus niger

Iranian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-85

  Kazempour, Zahra Bahri ^a   Yazdi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Rafii, Fatemeh ^b   Shahverdi, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Aspergillus niger; Candida albicans; Selenium nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GROWTH STIMULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84873455959     PISSN: 20083289     EISSN: 20084447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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