Development of natural culture media for rapid induction of Fonsecaea pedrosoi sclerotic cells in vitro.
Fonsecaea pedrosoi is the main agent of chromoblastomycosis, a skin disease presenting verrucous lesions, in which round, thick-walled sclerotic cells are found. In vitro induction of sclerotic cells is time-consuming (20 to 45 days) and temperature dependent. We present two new natural media that reduce the sclerotic-cell induction time to only 2 days.
da Silva
Moises Batista
MB
Laboratório de Dermato-Imunologia, UEPA/UFPA/MC, Av. João Paulo II, 113, Bairro Dom Aristides, 67200-000, Marituba, Pará, Brazil.
da Silva
Jorge Pereira
JP
Sirleide Pereira Yamano
Suellen
S
Salgado
Ubirajara Imbiriba
UI
Diniz
José Antonio Picanço
JA
Salgado
Claudio Guedes
CG
D001203:Ascomycota / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*
D003470:Culture Media
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