Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGIII, from Corymbia ficifolia detritus in Colombia

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-678

  Escandon P ^a   Sanchez A ^a   Firacative, C ^a   Castaneda E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

C. neoformans; Colombia; Cryptococcus gattii; Environment; Habitat; RFLP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARK; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYMBIA FICIFOLIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; FLOWER; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TREE; TRUNK;

COLOMBIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOLOGY; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MYRTACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TREES;

CORYMBIA FICIFOLIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

EID: 77952476538     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903420633     Document Type: Article

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