New ITS genotype of Cryptococcus gattii isolated from an AIDS patient in Brazil

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Kang, Yingqian ^a   Tanaka, Hiroko ^a   Moretti, Maria Luiza ^b   Mikami, Yuzuru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; ITS rDNA sequencing; ITS typing; New genotype

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; NUCLEOTIDE; SPACER DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049116847     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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