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Table 3 Growth analysis of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in soil with humidity control and maintained at 25°C.

From: Ecological study of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in soil: growth ability, conidia production and molecular detection

  

Weeks of Growth

  

Sandy Soil

Clayey Soil

Humidity

Isolate

1

2

4

8

1

2

4

8

Low (soil in half FC)

T5LN1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

T9B1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Medium (soil in FC)

T5LN1

-

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

 

T9B1

-

+

+

++

-

+

+

++

High (saturated soil)

T5LN1

+

++

++

++

-

+

++

++

 

T9B1

+

++

++

++

+

++

++

++++

  1. "+" transformation from yeast to mycelial form; "++" low mycelial growth (up to 1.25 cm diameter); "+++" medium mycelial growth (from 1.25 to 1.65 cm diameter); "++++" high mycelial growth (above 1.65 cm diameter); "-" no growth.