Ceratonia siliqua (carob) trees as natural habitat and source of infection by Cryptococcus gattii in the Mediterranean environment

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-73

  Colom, María Francisca ^a   Hagen, Ferry ^b,c   Gonzalez, Alfonso ^a   Mellado, Axelle ^a   Morera, Neus ^d   Linares, Carlos ^a   García, David F ^a   Peñataro, Joaquín S ^a   Boekhout, Teun ^b,c   Sánchez, Manuel ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Clínica Veterinària Exòtics in Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

carob tree; Cryptococcus gattii; environment; infection; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PINE; SPAIN; TREE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DNA, FUNGAL; EUCALYPTUS; FABACEAE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 83755164277     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.574239     Document Type: Article

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