The Search for the Natural Habitat of Cryptococcus gattii

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 209-211

  Hagen, Ferry ^a,b   Boekhout, Teun ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PUERTO RICO; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PLANTS; PUERTO RICO; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

EID: 77956405277     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9313-6     Document Type: Editorial

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