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Environmental sampling of Ceratonia siliqua (carob) trees in Spain reveals the presence of the rare Cryptococcus gattii genotype AFLP7/VGIV.
Revista iberoamericana de micologia - 1 Jan 2000
Linares Carlos, Colom María Francisca, Torreblanca Marina, Esteban Violeta, Romera Álvaro, Hagen Ferry
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BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus gattii is a pathogenic basidiomycetous yeast that is emerging in temperate climate zones worldwide. C. gattii has repetitively been isolated from numerous tree species. Ongoing environmental sampling and molecular characterization is essential to understand the presence of this primary pathogenic microorganism in the Mediterranean environment. AIMS: To report the first isolation of the...
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