Isolation of Cryptococcus laurentii from Canada Goose guano in rural upstate New York

Mycopathologia

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 363-368

  Filion, Tera ^a   Kidd, Sarah ^c   Aguirre, Karen ^b,d  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis); Cryptococcus laurentii; Cryptococcus neoformans

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; LACCASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FECES; LACCASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK; RECREATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANSER SP.; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 33751406742     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-006-0066-1     Document Type: Article

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