Preliminary studies on conidial liberation of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Histoplasma capsulatum. 1976

E S McDonough, and T R Wisniewski, and L A Penn, and D M Chan, and W J McNamara

Controlled attempts to release viable conidia from cultures of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Histoplasma capsulatum with air samplers were unsuccessful. Air velocity was not fount to be a limiting factor since the conidia remained attached after conidiophores had been violently shaken by air currents in an observation chamber. Wetting these same conidiophores readily released the conidia. It is inferred that in nature conidia may be liberated by exposure to water and then dispersed by air currents.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D001758 Blastomyces A genus of onygenacetous mitosporic fungi whose perfect state is Ajellomyces (see ONYGENALES). The species Blastomyces dermatitidis (perfect state is Ajellomyces dermatitidis) causes blastomycosis. Ajellomyces dermatitidis,Blastomycoides dermatitidis,Blastomyces dermatitidis
D006658 Histoplasma A mitosporic Onygenales fungal genus causing HISTOPLASMOSIS in humans and animals. Its single species is Histoplasma capsulatum which has two varieties: H. capsulatum var. capsulatum and H. capsulatum var. duboisii. Its teleomorph is AJELLOMYCES capsulatus. Ajellomyces capsulatus,Cryptococcus capsulatus,Emmonsiella capsulata,Histoplasma capsulatum,Histoplasmas
D000391 Air Microbiology The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in the air. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms. Microbiology, Air
D013172 Spores, Fungal Reproductive bodies produced by fungi. Conidia,Fungal Spores,Conidium,Fungal Spore,Spore, Fungal

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