Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii from a Castanopsis argyrophylla tree hollow (Mai-Kaw), Chiang Mai, Thailand

Authors
  • K. Khayhan
  • F. Hagen
  • T. Norkaew
  • T. Puengchan
Publication date 04-2017
Journal Mycopathologia
Volume | Issue number 182 | 3-4
Pages (from-to) 365-370
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract
The pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus gattii was isolated from a tree hollow of a Castanopsis argyrophylla King ex Hook.f. (Fagaceae) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Molecular characterization with amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and multi-locus sequence typing showed that this isolate belonged to genotype AFLP4/VGI representing C. gattii sensu stricto. Subsequent comparison of the environmental isolate with those from clinical samples from Thailand showed that they grouped closely together in a single cluster.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-016-0067-7
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