Genotypic diversity of environmental Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from Northern Portugal

Mycoses

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 98-104

  Ferreira, Ana Sofia ^a,b   Sampaio, Ana ^c   Maduro, Ana Paula ^b   Silva, Inês ^b   Teles, Fernando ^b   da Luz Martins, Maria ^b,d   Inácio, João ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Environmental isolates; Eucalyptus; Genotyping; Pigeon droppings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; EUCALYPTUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; EUCALYPTUS; GENOTYPING; PIGEON DROPPINGS;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84892895668     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12106     Document Type: Article

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