Is moderation of protease production an adaptation of well-defined anthropization in dermatophytes?

• Main Authors: Gokulshankar S (Author), Ranjitsingh AJA (Author), Venkatesan G (Author), Ranjith M (Author), Vijayalakshmi G (Author), Prabhamanju M (Author), Subashini S (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The protease activity of different isolates of dermatophytes representing different ecological groups namely geophilic, zoopahilic and anthropophilic, in their vegetative and sporulation growth phases were compared. Unlike their geophilic and zoophilic counterparts, all the isolates of anthropophili...