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Intra-strain variability of Cryptococcus neoformans can be detected on phloxin B medium.
Journal of basic microbiology - 1 Jan 2002
Kucsera Judit, Yarita Kyoko, Takeo Kanji, Yoshida Soichi, Gácser Attila, Hamari Zsuzsanna, Avasi Zoltán, Kevei Ferenc
Abstract excerpt
A method was devised for easy detection of intra-strain variability of the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. Cultivation of strains on a medium containing Phloxin B resulted in different coloured colonies. Generally, colonies were either pink or red; however there were also several colony-colour segregant in which both colours could be observed. A number of these segregants were isolated and...
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