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Conidiation Color Mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus Are Highly Pathogenic to the Heterologous Insect Host Galleria mellonella

The greater wax moth Galleria mellonella has been widely used as a heterologous host for a number of fungal pathogens including Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans. A positive correlation in pathogenicity of these yeasts in this insect model and animal models has been observed. However, ver...

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Autores principales: Jackson, Jennifer C., Higgins, Laura A., Lin, Xiaorong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19156203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004224