Candida albicans morphologies revealed by scanning electron microscopy analysis

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 813-821

  Staniszewska, M ^a   Bondaryk, M ^a   Swoboda Kopec, E ^b   Siennicka, K ^c   Sygitowicz, G ^b   Kurzatkowski, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Pleomorphism; Ultrastructure; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 84893567872     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822013005000056     Document Type: Article

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