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Genotyping of Turkish environmental Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans isolates by pulsed field gel electrophoresis and mating type.
Mycoses - 1 Mar 2006
Saracli M A, Yildiran S T, Sener K, Gonlum A, Doganci L, Keller S M, Wickes B L
Abstract excerpt
A total of 26 environmental Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans strains isolated from 634 samples of pigeon droppings collected from 54 different provinces of Turkey in 1996 and 1997 were included in this study. The results of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) showed that the 26 strains could be separated into 24 different PFGE patterns. In a mating-type study, of 26 strains, 20 were MATalpha, four were...
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