Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii: Separate varietal status for Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 838-840

  Franzot, Sarah P ^a   Salkin, Ira F ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0033058352     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.838-840.1999     Document Type: Article

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