Identification of Cryptococcus gattii by use of L-canavanine glycine bromothymol blue medium and DNA sequencing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3669-3672

  Klein, K R ^a   Hall, L ^a   Deml, S M ^a   Rysavy, J M ^a   Wohlfiel, S L ^a   Wengenack, N L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOTHYMOL BLUE; CANAVANINE; GLYCINE; UREA; UREASE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CANAVANINE GLYCINE BROMOTHYMOL BLUE AGAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; D2 LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT DNA SEQUENCING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ALGORITHMS; BROMTHYMOL BLUE; CANAVANINE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MELANINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UREASE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA;

EID: 70449646618     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01072-09     Document Type: Article

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