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Ismael Acosta-Rodríguez1\*, Damaris L. Arévalo-Rangel1 , Juan F. Cárdenas-González1 , María de Guadalupe Moctezuma-Zárate1 and Víctor M. Martínez-Juárez2

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1 Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios de Posgrado, Laboratorio de Micología Experimental S.L.P., México

2 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Área Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. A. Universidad Km. 1. Rancho Universitario. C.P. 43600. Tulancingo de Bravo Hidalgo, México

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