Growth and pigment production on D-tryptophan medium by Cryptococcus gattii, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 255-264

  Chaskes, Stuart ^a   Frases, Susana ^b   Cammer, Michael ^b   Gerfen, Gary ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^b  

^a FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CARBON; DOPA; FRUCTOSE; GLYCINE; MELANIN; METHANOL; PIGMENT; PROLINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEROTYPE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; LIGHT; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROLINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 38149010299     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01721-07     Document Type: Article

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