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Elastase activity of fungi with anamorphs similar to Coccidioides immitis.
- Source :
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Mycopathologia [Mycopathologia] 1985 Dec; Vol. 92 (3), pp. 169-71. - Publication Year :
- 1985
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Abstract
- The elastin digestion assay was examined to determine if it would facilitate the identification of Coccidioides immitis when non-pathogenic fungi resembling C. immitis are encountered. Fungal isolants tested have anamorphs that closely resemble the macroscopic or microscopic morphology of C. immitis. Elastin hydrolysis was measured by elastin-agar plate assays. Approximately 80% of the isolants hydrolyzed elastin; thus, the elastin digestion assay as a differential test appears to have little value.
- Subjects :
- Ascomycota cytology
Ascomycota enzymology
Ascomycota metabolism
Coccidioides cytology
Coccidioides isolation & purification
Coccidioides metabolism
Culture Media
Hydrolysis
Mitosporic Fungi cytology
Mitosporic Fungi enzymology
Mitosporic Fungi metabolism
Species Specificity
Coccidioides enzymology
Elastin metabolism
Pancreatic Elastase metabolism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0301-486X
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Mycopathologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3853753
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437629