The Black Yeast Exophiala dermatitidis and Other Selected Opportunistic Human Fungal Pathogens Spread from Dishwashers to Kitchens.

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Published in PLoS One on February 11, 2016

Authors

Jerneja Zupančič1, Monika Novak Babič1, Polona Zalar1, Nina Gunde-Cimerman1,2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2: Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins (CIPKeBiP), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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