Coccidioides immitis appears to be unable to digest particulate collagen when cultured on collagen-containing semisolid culture media. However, all C. immitis strains solubilized collagen when the fungus was grown in liquid suspension cultures. Moreover, sterile culture filtrates were collagenolytic in collagen-buffer-agar plate assays.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Lupan et al. (1986) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: