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Laboratory Maintenance and Propagation of Freshwater Planarians 淡水涡虫的实验室维护和繁殖

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-10-15 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.120

Makayla R. P. Dean, Elizabeth M. Duncan

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Flow Cytometric Measurement of Efflux in Candida Species 念珠菌种外排的流式细胞术测定

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-10-13 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.121

Kali R. Iyer, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen

引用次数: 2

Generation of Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Using a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome 利用细菌人工染色体制备重组SARS-CoV-2

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-10-13 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.126

Kevin Chiem, Chengjin Ye, Luis Martinez-Sobrido

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Purification of Yeast Spores to Investigate Their Dynamics of Activation 酵母孢子的纯化及其活化动力学研究

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-10-09 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.123

Samuel Plante, Christian R. Landry

引用次数: 4

High-Yield Purification of Giardia intestinalis Cysts from Fecal Samples 粪样中肠贾第虫囊的高效纯化

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-10-09 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.117

Paul Ogbuigwe, Anthony B. Pita, Matthew A. Knox, Niluka Velathanthiri, David T. S. Hayman

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Ixodid Tick Dissection and Tick Ex Vivo Organ Cultures for Tick-Borne Virus Research 蜱媒病毒研究中蜱的解剖和离体器官培养

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-10-08 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.118

Jeffrey M. Grabowski, Ryan Kissinger

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引用次数: 6

Experimental Evolution of Antifungal Resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans 新型隐球菌抗真菌耐药性的实验进化

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-09-28 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.116

Arianne Bermas, Rebecca S. Shapiro, Jennifer Geddes-McAlister

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引用次数: 3

Genetic Manipulation of Vibrio fischeri 费氏弧菌的基因操作

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-09-25 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.115

David G. Christensen, Jovanka Tepavčević, Karen L. Visick

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引用次数: 7

A Simple Nematode Infection Model for Studying Candida albicans Pathogenesis 研究白色念珠菌发病机制的简单线虫感染模型

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-09-25 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.114

Grace H. Kim, Sierra Rosiana, Natalia V. Kirienko, Rebecca S. Shapiro

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引用次数: 7

Proper Care and Feeding of Coccidioides: A Laboratorian's Guide to Cultivating the Dimorphic Stages of C. immitis and C. posadasii 球虫的适当照料和饲养:一种培养二态期球虫和波萨达斯球虫的实验室指南

Current Protocols in Microbiology Pub Date : 2020-09-07 DOI: 10.1002/cpmc.113

Heather L. Mead, Marley C. Caballero Van Dyke, Bridget M. Barker

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