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. 2017 Oct 9;8:1924. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01924

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Copyright © 2017 Vicente, Weiss, Bombassaro, Moreno, Costa, Raittz, Leão, Gomes, Bocca, Fornari, de Castro, Sun, Faoro, Tadra-Sfeir, Baura, Balsanelli, Almeida, Dos Santos, Teixeira, Soares Felipe, do Nascimento, Pedrosa, Steffens, Attili-Angelis, Najafzadeh, Queiroz-Telles, Souza and De Hoog.

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Virulence of Fonsecaea siblings using Galleria mellonella larvae. (A) Survival of G. mellonella larvae infected with Fonsecaea species. (B) Melanization of G. mellonella larvae infected with Fonsecaea species: (1, 2). Controls: SHAM and PBS; (3). Fonsecaea erecta CBS 125763; (4). Fonsecaea monophora; (5). Fonsecaea pedrosoi CBS 271.37; (6). Fonsecaea pedrosoi ATCC 46428. (C) Histology of infected tissue of G. mellonella with Fonsecaea species. The internal structures were fixed, embedded in paraffin and stained with PAS. Black arrows show hyphae spreading through the larva tissue. (1, 2). Fonsecaea erecta CBS 125763; (3, 4). Fonsecaea pedrosoi CBS 271.37; (5, 6). Fonsecaea monophora CBS 102248.