Comparison of genotypes between environmental and clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii based on microsatellite patterns

Mycopathologia

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Zhu, Jian ^a,b   Kang, Yingqian ^a   Uno, Jun ^a   Taguchi, Hideaki ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Ohata, Mihoko ^a   Tanaka, Reiko ^a   Moretti, Maria Luiza ^c   Mikami, Yuzuru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical and environmental isolates; Cryptococcus neoformans; Microsatellite; Var. grubii

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 72249121233     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9230-8     Document Type: Article

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