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