AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

a Physiological Comparison of the Dimorphic Forms of Pullularia Pullulans.

by Robert George. Brown




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Agricultural Bacteriology.
Degree: MS.
Year: 1961
Keywords: Agriculture Bacteriology.;
Record ID: 1557931
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile113002.pdf


Abstract

When medically important fungi were first studied, some pathogenic fungi which were unicellular in vivo were found to change to a mycelial form when cultured. This change in morphology was misleading as investigators believed they were not isolating the correct pathogenic organisms. The confusion continued until the pathogenic fungi were shown to change their morphology as a result of temperature changes. [...]