Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is an amenable model to study the molecular and biochemical
events that lead to morphological transition in fungi, because temperature seems to be the …

Control of the pH of liquid synthetic culture media made possible mycelial growth of both
diploid and haploid strains of Ustilago maydis. Whereas at neutral pH the fungus grew as a …

Exploring breakthroughs in fungal detection and control, this book covers fungal
nomenclature, population instability, and phylogeny, as well as investigative research on …

Two species of crayfish, Astacus astacus and Pacifastacus leniusculus could recognize
components from fungal cell walls, ie β-1, 3-glucans, since a clotting process and …

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a thermodimorphic fungus, is the causative agent of the
prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America, paracoccidioidomycosis. We present here a …

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a thermodimorphic fungus associated with
paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), a systemic mycosis prevalent in South America. In humans …

Background Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a human pathogen with a broad distribution in
Latin America. The fungus is thermally dimorphic with two distinct forms corresponding to …

Paracoccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal infection of pulmonary origin that
disseminates to different sites, notably oral mucous membranes, adrenal glands …

Fungi are members of the group of eukaryotic organisms, which include microbes like
yeasts, moulds and mushrooms. They are classified as kingdom Fungi and more closely …

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the causative agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a systemic
mycosis endemic to Latin America. In this paper we review clinical, therapeutic and …