title: Cerebriform colonies of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolated from nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) at room temperature.
abstract: Twelve isolates of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis generated cerebriform colonies at room temperature on potato glucose agar slants (PDA). These isolates contained abundant chlamydospores and yeast-like cells and are a subset of the 65 isolates obtained from nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus). They grew as a yeast form with typical multiple buddings at 37 degrees C on brain heart infusion agar supplemented with 1% glucose. After replating on PDA and culturing at room temperature for 2 months, the mutants appeared as cottonous colonies, which indicated that the morphological characteristics were unstable.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8673, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bagagli
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Montenegro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyaji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001135:Armadillos / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media