Environmental Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii Serotype B, VGI/MATα Strains in Southern Italy

Mycopathologia

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 423-430

  Romeo, Orazio ^a   Scordino, Fabio ^a   Criseo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Environmental sampling; ITS typing; Molecular types; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; EUCALYPTUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; ITALY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 79955711120     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9389-z     Document Type: Article

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