Viability and molecular authentication of Coccidioides immitis strains from Culture Collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-244

  Bezerra, Claudia C F ^a   De Lima, Renata F ^b   Lazera, Márcia S ^a   Wanke, Bodo ^a   Borba, Cíntia M ^b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coccidioides immitis; Long term preservation; PCR

Indexed keywords

MINERAL OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; SOIL;

COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS;

EID: 33746721445     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: 00378682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822006000300002     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Barnes GL. Long-term survival of isolates of various Cladosporium and Fusicladium species under mineral oil. Mycopathologia 87: 95-97, 1984.
2. Borba CM, Rodrigues KF. Viability and sporulating capability of Coelomycetes preserved under a range of different storage regimes. Revista Iberoamericana de Micología 17: 142-145, 2000.
3. Brass C, Volkmann CM, Philpott DE, Klein HP, Halde CJ, Stevens D. Spontaneous mutant of Blastomyces dermatitidis attenuated in virulence mice. Sabouraudia 20: 145-158, 1982.
4. Brummer E, Restrepo A, Hanson LH, Stevens DA. Virulence of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: The influence of in vitro passage and storage. Mycopathologia 109: 13-17, 1990.
5. Bruns TD, Fogel R, Taylor JW. Amplification and sequencing of DNA from fungal herbarium specimens. Mycologia 82: 175-184, 1990.
6. Buell CB, Weston WH. Application of the mineral oil conservation method to maintaining collections of fungous cultures. American Journal of Botany 34: 555-561, 1947.
7. Burt A, Carter DA, Koenig GL, White TJ, Taylor JW. A safe method to extract DNA from Coccidioides immitis. Fungal Genetic Newsletter 42: 23, 1995.
8. Castellani A. Viability of some pathogenic fungi in distilled water. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 42: 225-226, 1939.
9. Castellani A. Maintenance and cultivation of common pathogenic fungi of man in sterile distilled water. Further researches. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 70: 181-184, 1967.
10. Edwards GA, Buell CB, Weston WH. The influence of mineral oil upon the oxygen consumption of Sordaria fimicola. American Journal of Botany 34: 551-555, 1947.
11. Eulalio KD, Macedo RL, Cavalcanti MAS, Martins LMS, Lazera MS, Wanke B. Coccidioides immitis isolated from armadillos ( Dasypus novemcinctus) in the state of Piauí, Northeast Brazil. Mycopathologia 149: 57-61, 2000.
12. Fernandes MJS. Preservação dos fungos Dematiaceae em óleo mineral I. Revista de Microbiologia de São Paulo 13: 211-214, 1982.
13. Fisher MC, Koenig GL, Taylor JW. Molecular and phenotypic description of Coccidioides posadasii sp. nov., previously recognized as the non-California population of Coccidioides immitis. Mycologia 94: 73-84, 2002.
14. Lima RF, Borba CM. Viability, morphological characteristics and dimorphic ability of fungi preserved by different methods. Revista Iberoamericana de Micología 18: 191-196, 2001.
15. McGinnis MR, Padhye AA, Ajello L. Storage of stock cultures of filamentous fungi, yeasts and some aerobic actinomycetes in sterile distilled water. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 28: 218-222, 1974.
16. Onions AHS. Preservation of fungi. In: Smith JE, Berry DR, Kristiansen B (eds) The filamentous fungi, Edward Arnold, London, p. 373-390, 1983.
17. Pan S, Cole GT. Molecular and biochemical characterization of Coccidioides immitis specific antigen. Infection and Immunity 63: 3994-4002, 1995.
18. Pappagianis D. Coccidioidomycosis. Seminars in Dermatology 12: 301-309, 1993.
19. Pumpyanskaya LY. Storage of microorganisms under mineral oil. Mikrobiologiya 33: 1065-1070, 1964.
20. Rodrigues EG, Lirio VS, Lacaz CS. Preservação de fungos e actinomycetos de interesse médico em água destilada. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 34: 159-165, 1992.
21. San-Blas G, San-Blas F, Serrano LE. Host-parasite relationships in the yeastlike form of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis strain IVIC Pb9. Infection and Immunity 15: 343-346, 1977.
22. Silva AMM, Borba CM, Oliveira PC. Viability and morphological alterations of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis strains preserved under mineral oil for long periods of time. Mycoses 37: 165-169, 1994.
23. Wanke B, Lazera MS, Monteiro PCF, Lima FC, Leal MJS, Ferreira Filho PL, Kaufman L, Pinner RW, Ajello L. Investigation of an outbreak of endemic coccidioidomycosis in Brazil's Northeastern State of Piauí with a review of distribution of Coccidioides immitis in three other Brazilian states. Mycopathologia 148: 57-67, 1999.
24. Windels CE, Burnes PM, Kommendahl T. Fusarium species stored on silica gel and soil for ten years. Mycologia 85: 21-23, 1993.