AUescheria boydii is a pathogenic fungus isolated from a mycetoma of yellowwhite grains by Boyd and Crutchfield (1921). Its life history was described by Shear (1922). Cury (1949) showed that biotin is an essential growth factor for this mold, the growth being proportional to the amount of biotin in the medium. Until this
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