Blastomyces dermatitidis produces melanin in vitro and during infection.
Nosanchuk
Joshua D
JD
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. nosanchu@aecom.yu.edu
van Duin
David
D
Mandal
Piyali
P
Aisen
Philip
P
Legendre
Alfred M
AM
Casadevall
Arturo
A
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001758:Blastomyces / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D008543:Melanins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D008543:Melanins; D000666:Amphotericin B