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Aspergillus fumigatus establishes infection in zebrafish by germination of phagocytized conidia, while Aspergillus niger relies on extracellular germination

Among opportunistically pathogenic filamentous fungi of the Aspergillus genus, Aspergillus fumigatus stands out as a drastically more prevalent cause of infection than others. Utilizing the zebrafish embryo model, we applied a combination of non-invasive real-time imaging and genetic approaches to c...

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Autores principales: Koch, Bjørn E. V., Hajdamowicz, Natalia H., Lagendijk, Ellen, Ram, Arthur F. J., Meijer, Annemarie H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6728357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49284-w