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Environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii from living trees in Guindy National Park, Chennai, South India
Author(s) -
Girish Kumar C. P.,
Prabu D.,
Mitani Hiroki,
Mikami Yuzuru,
Me Thangam
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01699.x
Subject(s) - cryptococcus neoformans , cryptococcus gattii , eucalyptus globulus , cryptococcus , cryptococcosis , biology , bark (sound) , isolation (microbiology) , national park , eucalyptus , syzygium , veterinary medicine , botany , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine
Summary We report for the first time the environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from decaying wood and bark debris of living trees in Guindy National Park, Chennai, South India. Of the 40 trees screened, four isolates of Cryptococcus species were recovered of which two were Cryptococcus gattii , one was C. neoformans and one was untypable . The isolation of C. neoformans from Eucalyptus globulus and C. gattii from Cassia marginata in this study constitutes the first record of the natural occurrence of C. neoformans varieties in these tree species anywhere in the world. The isolation of C. gattii from Syzygium cumini represents the first isolation from South India.