Article
Hybrid genotypes in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Apr 2001
Boekhout Teun, Theelen Bart, Diaz Mara, Fell Jack W, Hop Wim C J, Abeln Edwin C A, Dromer Françoise, Meyer Wieland
Abstract excerpt
Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) genotyping of isolates of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans suggested a considerable genetic divergence between the varieties C. neoformans var. neoformans and C. neoformans var. grubii on the one hand versus C. neoformans var. gattii on t...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Animals
- Cryptococcus
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- DNA, Fungal
- Genotype
- Geography
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Serotyping
- Virulence
