title: Seminal vesicle and coagulating gland growth induced by intraperitoneal inoculation of fungi in mice.
abstract: The effect of fungi on the growth of body organs in mice was investigated. Single, intraperitoneal injections of yeasts (Cryptococcus albidus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces octosporus) or molds (Aspergillus niger, Geotrichum candidum, Mucor haemalis) induced an increase in the mass of seminal vesicles and coagulating glands independent of whole body weight changes in mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine, North Miami Beach, FL 33162-3097.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Laubach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005658:Fungi / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009181:Mycoses / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009929:Organ Size; D011897:Random Allocation; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000382:microbiology