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The nature of the secondary conidia of Sporothrix schenckii

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Observations of secondary conidium production in an African strain ofS. schenckii revealed that secondary conidia are produced (1) acropetally on short sterigmata, (2) sympodially on short conidial appendages, and/or (3) sympodially or acropetally on short sporogenous cells which arise directly from the primary conidium. The secondary conidia therefore appear also to be sympodulospores.

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Beobachtungen von sekundärer Konidienbildung in einer afrikanischen Kultur vonS. schenckii zeigten, daß sekundäre Konidien gebildet werden:

1) acropetal an kurzen Sterigmata; 2) sympodial oder acropetal an kurzen, sporentragenden Zellen, und 3) sympodial oder acropetal an kurzen sporentragenden Zellen, die direkt vom primären Konidium entspringen. Die sekundären Konidien erscheinen deshalb auch Sympodulosporen zu sein.

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Taylor, J.J. The nature of the secondary conidia of Sporothrix schenckii. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 41, 379–382 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02051120

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