Cryptococcus yarrowii sp. nov., a novel yeast species from Portugal.

doi:10.1007/BF00580657

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Cryptococcus yarrowii sp. nov., a novel yeast species from Portugal.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 Apr 1991

Fonseca A, van Uden N

Abstract excerpt

A novel species of the basidiomycetous genus Cryptococcus is described as Cr. yarrowii based on the study of an isolate from a decayed mushroom collected in Portugal. DNA-DNA homology with the type strain of the phenotypically similar species Cr. albidus was 10 +/- 2%.

Topics

Cryptococcus
DNA, Fungal
Phenotype
Portugal
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Species Specificity

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