DIFFERENTIAL KILLER TOXIN SENSITIVITY PATTERNS OF VARIETIES OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS

Authors
BOEKHOUT T SCORZETTI G
Citation
T. Boekhout et G. Scorzetti, DIFFERENTIAL KILLER TOXIN SENSITIVITY PATTERNS OF VARIETIES OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS, Journal of medical and veterinary mycology, 35(2), 1997, pp. 147-149
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Journal of medical and veterinary mycology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02681218
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
147 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-1218(1997)35:2<147:DKTSPO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Ten different killer sensitivity types are distinguished within Crypto coccus neoformans, namely four in var. neoformans and six in var. gatt ii. All strains of the var. gattii investigated were inhibited by kill er toxins of C. laurentii CBS 139, whereas those of the var. neoforman s were not. Killer sensitivity patterns are an easy-to-use method to d ifferentiate between the two varieties of the clinically important yea st C. neoformans, and may be of help in epidemiological surveys.