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Morphological response of Trichophyton mentagrophytes to keratin

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The protein keratin can induce a reversible change in morphology of some granular strains ofTrichophyton mentagrophytes leading to a gross appearance which is indistinguishable from the pleomorphic mutation. The only other chemical which induced the same morphological change was a low concentration of sodium acetate. Pleomorphic cultures ofT. mentagrophytes were unaffected.

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Klein, D.T. Morphological response of Trichophyton mentagrophytes to keratin. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 26, 111–116 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02098596

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