Presence of α and a mating types in environmental and clinical collections of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii strains from Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2920-2926

  Halliday, C L ^b   Bui, T ^b   Krockenberger, M ^b   Malik, R ^b   Ellis, D H ^a   Carter, D A ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0032780313     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2920-2926.1999     Document Type: Article

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