Isolation and characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from samples of Eucalyptus camaldulensis in Mexico city;Aislamiento y caracterizacion de cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii a partir de muestras de Eucalyptus camaldulensis en la ciudad de Mexico

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-42

  Licea, Bertha Argüero ^a   Garza, Diana Garza ^a   Urbieta, Victor Flores ^a   Olivares, Roberto Arnulfo Cervantes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Habitat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 6544233897     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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