Non-keratinous agar media as substrates for the ascigerous state in certain members of the gymnoascaceae pathogenic for man and animals

Abstract

Agar media containing oatmeal with and without tomato paste served as non-keratinous, soil-free substrates for the abundant production of fertile cleistothecia by several Nannizzia and Arthroderma species and by 2 homothallic isolates of Histoplasma capsulatum capable of producing the perfect form. Se obtuvieron abundantes cleistotecas fértiles en substratos libres de tierra y queratina en varias especies de Nannizzia y Arthroderma y en dos cepas homotálicas del Histoplasma capsulatum utilizando medios a base de agar conteniendo avena con o sin pasta de tomate.