Cell walls of the dimorphic fungal pathogens Sporothrix schenckii and Sporothrix brasiliensis exhibit bilaminate structures and sloughing of extensive and intact layers

• Leila M. Lopes-Bezerra ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lmlb23@globo.com

  Affiliations Lab. Cellular Mycology and Proteomics, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2397-7597

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• Louise A. Walker,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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• Gustavo Niño-Vega,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas, Venezuela

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• Héctor M. Mora-Montes,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México

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• Gabriela W. P. Neves,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Lab. Cellular Mycology and Proteomics, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Hector Villalobos-Duno,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas, Venezuela

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• Laura Barreto,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas, Venezuela

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• Karina Garcia,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México

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• Bernardo Franco,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México

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• José A. Martínez-Álvarez,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México

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• Carol A. Munro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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• Neil A. R. Gow

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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