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Clonal reproduction and limited dispersal in an environmental population of Cryptococcus neoformans var gattii isolates from Australia.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2003
Halliday C L, Carter D A
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii is a causative agent of cryptococcosis and is thought to have a specific ecological association with a number of Eucalyptus species in Australia. However, the role that the tree plays in the life cycle of the fungus and the nature of the infectious propagule are not well understood. This study set out to examine whether sexual recombination is occurring in a natural population...
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