Hybrid genotypes in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 891-907

  Boekhout, T ^a   Theelen, B ^a   Diaz, M ^a   Fell, J W ^a   Hop, W C J ^a   Abeln, E C A ^a   Dromer, F ^a   Meyer, W ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFLP; Cryptococcus neoformans; Geography; Hybrids; Serotypes; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ECOLOGY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYBRID; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0035052207     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-4-891     Document Type: Article

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