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Title: | Banana blossom agar (BABA), a new medium to isolate members of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex useful for resource limited countries |
Authors: | Kantarawee Khayhan Siriprapa Juntaboon Wenjie Fang Tanawat Chaowasku Dechphipat Amornthipayawong Teun Boekhout |
Authors: | Kantarawee Khayhan Siriprapa Juntaboon Wenjie Fang Tanawat Chaowasku Dechphipat Amornthipayawong Teun Boekhout |
Keywords: | Medicine |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2018 |
Abstract: | © 2018 Blackwell Verlag GmbH Isolation of representatives of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex can be made using dopamine containing media, such as Niger seed agar and l-DOPA agar. Here, we describe an alternative medium that uses banana flowers. Banana is a dopamine containing fruit and is widely available in tropical and subtropical countries that have high numbers of cryptococcosis patients. This banana blossom-based agar is useful for the enrichment of isolates of the C. neoformans/C. gattii species complex from environmental and clinical materials. The banana blossom agar (BABA) with and without creatinine can differentiate between the melanin forming isolates of the C. neoformans/C. gattii species complex from other yeasts that do not form melanin. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85052625936&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62851 |
ISSN: | 14390507 09337407 |
Appears in Collections: | CMUL: Journal Articles |
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