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Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii can be separated from var. neoformans by its ability to assimilate D-tryptophan

P Mukamurangwa¹, C Raes-Wuytack, C De Vroey

¹Laboratory for Mycology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology : Bi-Monthly Publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology

|November 1, 1995

Abstract:

An additional test to differentiate the varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans is described. It is based on the assimilation of D-tryptophan by the variety gattii.

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