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A convenient and inexpensive method for preparing fungal conidia for scanning electron microscopy

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An inexpensive and easy method for the preparation of fungal conidia for SEM is described. 10% formaldehyde solution is used as fixative agent and a specimen support consisting of a 2% agar layer resting on a narrow and short strip of cotton fabric, affixed by a proper adhesive to a narrow and short tin strip is employed.

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  2. Martínez, A. T. & Ramírez, C., 1981. Contribution to the preparation techniques of conidia for scanning electron microscopy. Abstract of the IV International Conference on Culture Collections. BRNO, Czechoslovakia.

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  1. Laboratory of General and Applied Mycology, Instituto ‘Jaime Ferrán’ de Microbiología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Joaquín Costa 32, Madrid-6, Spain

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Ramirez, C. A convenient and inexpensive method for preparing fungal conidia for scanning electron microscopy. Mycopathologia 83, 17–18 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437406

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