Isolation of fungi from nature in the region of Botucatu, state of São Paulo, Brazil, an endemic area of paracoccidioidomycosis

Isolation of fungi from nature in the region of Botucatu, state of São Paulo, Brazil, an endemic area of paracoccidioidomycosis

In an attempt to isolate Paracoccidioides brasiliensis from nature 887 samples of soil from Botucatu, SP, Brazil, were collected cultured in brain heart infusion agar supplemented with dextrose, in potato dextrose agar and in yeast extract starch dextrose agar, all with antibiotics, at 25º and 37ºC....

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Main Authors: MR Montenegro, M Miyaji, M Franco, K Nishimura, KI Coelho, Y Horie, RP Mendes, A Sano, K Fukushima, D Fecchio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1996-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
ecology
nature
pathogenic fungi
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000600002

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