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Product Format
freeze-dried
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
Human pathogen
The strain was recently re-identified as Cryptococcus gattii based on ITS sequence analysis.
Morphology
After 3 days cells are mostly globose or ovoidal.? A sediment is present.? Colony is white to cream-colored with a smooth mucoid texture.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
ATCC® Medium 1245: YEPD
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
JQ070099
ITS including 5.8S rRNA gene
References
Curtis F. Contribution a l'etude de la saccharomycose humaine. Ann. Inst. Pasteur 10: 449-468, 1896.
Galan-Sanchez F, et al. Microbiological characteristics and susceptibility patterns of strains of rhodotorula isolated from clinical samples. Mycopathologia 145: 109-112, 1999. PubMed: 10685444
Springer DJ, et al. Cryptococcus gattii VGIII isolates causing infections in HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California: identification of the local environmental source as arboreal. PLoS Pathog 10: e1004285, 2014. PubMed: 25144534
Bovers M, et al. AIDS patient death caused by novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii hybrid. Emerg Infect Dis 14: 1105-1108, 2008. PubMed: 18598632
