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Original Article

Use of tannic acid as a fixative-mordant to improve the ultrastructural appearance of Candida albicans blastospores

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Pages 1-8 | Received 11 Oct 1979, Accepted 29 Apr 1980, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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