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Isolation of Phialophora verrucosa and Fonsecaea pedrosoi from nature in Japan

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Seventeen strains of Phialophora verrucosa and one strain of Fonsecaea pedrosoi were isolated from natural sources such as rotting wood, pine bark, pine logs or soil in Japan. These saprophytic isolates were compared morphologically, biologically and serologically with human isolates and their virulence for rats was studied. There were no distinct differences between the isolates from the two sources.

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  1. Division of Dermatology, Narita Red Cross Hospital, 90-1 Iidacho, Narita, 286, Chiba, Japan

    T. Iwatsu

  2. Department of Food Hygiene, Research Institute for Chemobiodynamics, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba City, 280, Chiba, Japan

    M. Miyaji

  3. Department of Dermatology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba City, 280, Chiba, Japan

    S. Okamoto

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Iwatsu, T., Miyaji, M. & Okamoto, S. Isolation of Phialophora verrucosa and Fonsecaea pedrosoi from nature in Japan. Mycopathologia 75, 149–158 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00482809

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