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10941928

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
The phylogenetic and taxonomic heterogeneity of a rare opportunistic yeast pathogen, Cryptococcus humicolus, was revealed by analysis of the sequence of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. Sixteen strains of C. humicolus showed a wide diversity in their ITS sequences. In addition, their 18S rDNA sequences were determined and used to analyze the phylogenetic relationships among C. humicolus and related yeasts. On trees constructed by the Neighbor-Joining and Maximum Parsimony methods, C. humicolus strains were phylogenetically closely related to each other with the exception of one strain, and they clustered with C. curvatus and Trichosporon species with high bootstrap values. Three C. humicolus strains obtained from humans belonged to the group of Trichosporon serotype I species. The results suggest that C. humicolus is a genetically heterogeneous species which should be reclassified on the basis of DNA sequence data.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0385-5600
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
455-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Phylogenetic and taxonomic heterogeneity of Cryptococcus humicolus by analysis of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions and 18S rDNA, and the phylogenetic relationships of C. humicolus, C. curvatus, and the genus Trichosporon.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan. sugita@my-pharm.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article