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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 the other. This divergence is supported by additional phenotypic, biochemical, clinical and molecular differences....
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