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Opportunistic fungi in detroit's rats and opossum

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Four Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and one opossum (Didelphis virginiana) were surveyed for the presence of fungi. Eighteen different fungi were isolated from rat samples and six from the opossum, includingTrichophyton mentagrophytes. Hair and skin scrapings from laboratory raised Norway rats, bedding and air from the room yielded onlyPenicillium sp.

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  1. A. B. Thiermann

    Present address: National Animal Disease Center, USDA-SEA-AR, P.O. Box 70, 50010, Ames, Iowa, USA

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  1. Department of Comparative Medicine and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    A. B. Thiermann & C. D. Jeffries

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Thiermann, A.B., Jeffries, C.D. Opportunistic fungi in detroit's rats and opossum. Mycopathologia 71, 39–40 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00625312

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