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Sporangiospore Size Dimorphism Is Linked to Virulence of Mucor circinelloides

Mucor circinelloides is a zygomycete fungus and an emerging opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients, especially transplant recipients and in some cases otherwise healthy individuals. We have discovered a novel example of size dimorphism linked to virulence. M. circinelloides is a hetero...

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Autores principales: Li, Charles H., Cervantes, Maria, Springer, Deborah J., Boekhout, Teun, Ruiz-Vazquez, Rosa M., Torres-Martinez, Santiago R., Heitman, Joseph, Lee, Soo Chan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21698218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002086