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Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
Research

Cutaneous Granulomas in Dolphins Caused by Novel Uncultivated Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Raquel Vilela, Gregory D. Bossart, Judy A. St. Leger, Leslie M. Dalton, John S. Reif, Adam M. Schaefer, Peter J. McCarthy, Patricia A. Fair, and Leonel MendozaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (R. Vilela); Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA (R. Vilela, L. Mendoza); Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (G.D. Bossart); University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA (G.D. Bossart); SeaWorld, San Diego, California, USA (J.A. St. Leger); SeaWorld, San Antonio, Texas, USA (L.M. Dalton); Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (J.S. Reif); Florida Atlantic University, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA (A.M. Schaefer, P.J. McCarthy); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, South Carolina, USA (P.A. Fair)

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Figure 1

Infected tissues from 6 bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with paracoccidioidomycosis ceti, Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA, showing typical branching chains of yeast-like cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis connected by small isthmuses. A) Strain FB-921; B) FB-938; C) FB-946; D) FB-952; E) B92-932; F) SW070458. Gomori’s methenamine silver stained. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Figure 1. Infected tissues from 6 bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with paracoccidioidomycosis ceti, Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA, showing typical branching chains of yeast-like cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis connected by small isthmuses. A) Strain FB-921; B) FB-938; C) FB-946; D) FB-952; E) B92-932; F) SW070458. Gomori’s methenamine silver stained. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

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