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Penetration of Trichophyton terrestre in human hair

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The systematic human hair degradation by Trichophyton terrestre was examined by electron and light microscopy. The cuticular and hair shaft regions were readily decomposed by the wild type or parent strain selected for phenotype studies after exposure to spaceflight parameters.

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Hsu, Y.C., Volz, P.A. Penetration of Trichophyton terrestre in human hair. Mycopathologia 55, 179–183 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00491505

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