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Product Format
frozen
Type Strain
no
Antigenic Properties
Serotype B
Genotype
VGIIb, AFLP6B
Preceptrol®
no
Mating Type
MATalpha
Comments
Cause cryptococcosis; the strain represents 'type strain' for one of the two genotypes causing outbreak on Vancouver Island. Molecular type VGIIb.
Genome sequencing in progress.
Morphology
After 11 days on YEPD medium at 25°C, colony is cream-colored, smooth, mucoid. Cells globose, single or with bud.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 1245: YEPD
Bronchial alveolar lavage, Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.
References
Fraser James A, et al. Same-sex mating and the origin of the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii outbreak. Nature 437: 1360-1364, 2005.
Kidd Sarah E, et al. Comparative gene genealogies indicate that two clonal lineages of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia resemble strains from other geographical areas. Eukaryot. Cell 4: 1629-1638, 2005.
Kidd Sarah E, et al. A rare genotype of Cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 17258-17263, 2004.
Meyer W. et al. Consensus multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. Med. Mycol. 47(6):561-570, 2009. PubMed: 19462334
