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Distribution of nuclei in macroconidia of dermatophytes

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The distribution of nuclei in macroconidia was appraised in the following five dermatophyte species:Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum cookei, Microsporum gypseum, Trichophyton ajelloi andTrichophyton vanbreuseghemii. In all strains under investigation the number of cells in a macroconidium displays no correlation with the average number of nuclei in a cell of a given macroconidium; cells situated in the central part of the macroconidium tend to have a higher number of nuclei than cells at the periphery. The explored strains mutually differ significantly in the prevalence of nuclei in the left (basal) and right (apical) part of the macroconidium.

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Abbreviations

G:

Giemsa method

DLF:

Feulgen method

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  1. Department of Biology and Department of Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University, 77500, Olomouc

    N. Hejtmánková, K. Lenhart & S. Komenda

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Hejtmánková, N., Lenhart, K. & Komenda, S. Distribution of nuclei in macroconidia of dermatophytes. Folia Microbiol 19, 88–93 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872840

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