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spacing of ridges and grooves. Penetration of the cuticle is achieved by means of a narrow penetration peg beneath the appressor ...

of B. bassiana(termed beauvericin, Fig. 15.4) is less clear because this fungus invades the tissues more extensively before the ...

Even more important is the fact that epizootics caused by insect-pathogenic fungi are strongly influenced by environmental facto ...

B. bassianaare produced annually in China for treatment of 0.8 –1.3 million hectares of forest and agricultural land. Several ot ...

aubergine, lettuce, ornamentals, and cut flowers. The Vertalec formulation contains a different strain of L. lecaniithat control ...

The nematode-destroying fungi Nematodes (eelworms or roundworms) are small animals, usually 1–2 mm long. They are extremely comm ...

Fig. 15.8), short adhesive branches (e.g. Monacrosporium cionopagum), adhesive knobs (e.g. M. ellipsosporum, Fig. 15.8), noncons ...

property has been isolated from A. oligospora, but it is found only on the surface of the traps, not on the normal hyphae, so pr ...

320 CHAPTER 15 Drechmeriais reported to produce up to 10,000 spores from a single parasitized nematode. Parasites of nematode eg ...

eggs but a large number of fungal spores (Fig. 15.11b). Verticilliumhas a different role from this – it is a fac- ultative paras ...

Chapter 16 “The moulds of man” This chapter is divided into the following major sections: the major fungal pathogens of humans ...

2 Several Candidaspecies grow as normal resident commensalson the mucosal membranes of healthy individuals, but can become invas ...

that can withstand the host’s cellular defenses is a potential threat to health. But these infections are normally restricted to ...

response. The living tissues are not invaded because dermatophytes cannot grow at 37°C. Nevertheless, the irritation caused by d ...

The pathogenicity and virulence determinants of dermatophytes Pathogenicity is the ability to cause disease, while virulence fac ...

of the antibiotic griseofulvin or by newer, less toxic drugs such as terebinafine (Chapter 17). Candida albicans and otherCandid ...

The dimorphic switch Candida albicansis a dimorphic fungus. It normally grows as a budding yeast, but in response to nutrient li ...

they are far more efficient in colonizing skin surfaces. Therefore it is suggested that mating in this fungus must occur outside ...

(protein profile) of strains grown in vitrocompared with in vivo, to identify any potential virulence determinants that are expr ...

spherules then undergo cytoplasmic cleavage to pro- duce smaller bodies (subspherules), which can repeat the infection cycle wit ...