In the present study, 10 soil samples were collected aseptically from an equal number of areas of the Antarctic in the zone occupied by the 1986-1987 Italian expedition for research on keratinophilic fungi. Of particular interest was the isolation of a pathogenic fungus, Microsporum gypseum, from t
The isolation of keratinophilic fungi from African soils
โ Scribed by Al-Doory, Yousef
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1968
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0027-5530
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