Natural occurrence and growth reaction on canavanine-glycine-bromothymol blue agar of non-neoformans Cryptococcus spp. in Malaysia

Mycoses

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-519

  Tay, S T ^a   Na, S L ^a   Tajuddin, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Canavanine glycine bromothymol blue agar; Cryptococcus albidus; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus laurentii

Indexed keywords

BROMOTHYMOL BLUE; CANAVANINE; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTI; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; BROMTHYMOL BLUE; CANAVANINE; COLOR; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FECES; GLYCINE; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAINING AND LABELING;

AVES; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 53549110015     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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